WOAW40 EJRC 080208 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 IRAQ * **************************************** SUMMARY ON 08 DEC 2017 01:55:00 UTC (ABOUT 08 DEC 2017 04:58:45 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AS SULAYMANIYAH IN IRAQ. ABABELLI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: UNK (3.5 KM). NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 35.1 | 45.94 - COUNTRY: IRAQ - PROVINCE: AS SULAYMANIYAH(GOVERNORATE) - REGION: IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 08 DEC 2017 01:55:00 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 08 DEC 2017 04:58:45 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH NO VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 08 DEC 2017 01:55:00 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 DEC 2017 02:55:00 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 DEC 2017 19:55:00 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 DEC 2017 16:55:00 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 DEC 2017 09:55:00 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 08 DEC 2017 02:08:08 (13 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$AND;EPISODEID=1190385 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8714313 1110 175 6896724 878 150 4727913 602 125 3571029 455 100 2407506 307 75 1249028 159 50 484194 62 20 103427 13 10 24716 3 5 599 0 2 7 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 62 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 08 DEC 2017 04:58:45 LOCAL TIME. 08 DEC 2017 04:58:45 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. IRAQ HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES IRAQ A NO VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A M. SINCE THIS IS A LOW SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS LOW. 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