WOAS40 EJRC 050815 EARTHQUAKE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG). THE DISSEMINATION THROUGH GTS OF THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED AS GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF UN ACTIVITIES: IT IS A PILOT PROJECT BETWEEN WMO AND JRC TO TEST COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CHANNELS OF VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS. ***************************************** * GREEN EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN INDIA * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 APR 2016 07:42:24 UTC (ABOUT 05 APR 2016 13:44:24 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MEGHALAYA IN INDIA. BAJENDOBA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BANGSI (25.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: RUPSI (72.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 25.7679 | 90.5021 - COUNTRY: INDIA - PROVINCE: MEGHALAYA(STATE) - REGION: INDIA-BANGLADESH BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 APR 2016 07:42:24 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 APR 2016 13:44:24 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: RUPSI (72.8 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: TUE, 05 APR 2016 07:42:24 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 09:42:24 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 01:42:24 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 APR 2016 22:42:24 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 14:42:24 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 APR 2016 08:15:42 (33 MIN AFTER THE EVENT) SEE THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR LIVE NEWS COVERAGE (INCLUDING OCHA SITUATION REPORTS), THE FULL EARTHQUAKE REPORT IS AT HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1124244 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 76044000 9682 175 57988612 7383 150 41323908 5262 125 26624742 3390 100 13596185 1731 75 4097391 522 50 1250221 159 20 55092 7 10 6399 1 5 749 0 2 37 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 159 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 APR 2016 13:44:24 LOCAL TIME. 05 APR 2016 13:44:24 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. INDIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 450 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF LOW RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES INDIA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 41% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1873 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE SLOPE DATA IS NOT RELIABLE ON A LOCAL SCALE, WHILE LANDSLIDES DEPEND VERY MUCH ON LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: THERE ARE NO NUCLEAR FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. - HYDRODAMS: THERE ARE NO HYDRODAM FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001