WOME40 EJRC 281550 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 GREECE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 28 JAN 2018 14:48:32 UTC (ABOUT 28 JAN 2018 16:23:41 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PELOPONNISOS IN GREECE. YDRA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: YDRA (38 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SPETSAI (55.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.2179 | 23.7879 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: - REGION: SOUTHERN GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 JAN 2018 14:48:32 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 JAN 2018 16:23:41 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SPETSAI (55.9 KM), PORTO KHELI ALEXION (63.5 KM), MILOS (77.4 KM), ELLINIKON AIRPORT (80 KM), ATHINAI / ATHENS ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS INTERNATION (84.4 KM), MEGARA (98.6 KM) - PORTS: AGHIOS YEORIYOS (32.1 KM), IDHRA ISLAND (39.3 KM), PARAPOLA ISLAND (45.1 KM), POROS (49.9 KM), KOUTALAS (53.7 KM), MERIKHAS (54.2 KM), ANDIMILIOS ISLAND (57.2 KM), ERMIONI (57.6 KM), LAVARDI (59.9 KM), SPETSAI (61 KM), LAVRION (LAURIUM) (62.3 KM), PORTOKHELION (64.3 KM), ORMOS AYIOU NIKOLAOU (67.7 KM), ORMOS AVLAKI (70.9 KM), AEGINA ISLAND (73 KM), MILOS ISLAND (76 KM), KAMARES (76.3 KM), VOUDHIA BAY (77.5 KM), ORMOS RAFTIS (79.7 KM), APOLLONIA (82.8 KM), YIAROS (85.9 KM), ATHINAI (86.6 KM), PIRAEUS (87.6 KM), LEONIDHION (87.6 KM), SAINT GEORGE (88.2 KM), DRAPETZONA (88.2 KM), PERAMA (90.5 KM), MONEMVASIA (90.6 KM), SALAMIS (92.5 KM), SKARAMANGA (93.2 KM), RAFINA (93.9 KM), MEGARA (97.3 KM), CAPE MALEA (98.9 KM), ELEUSIS (99.1 KM), PARALION ASTROUS (99.2 KM), MEGARA OIL TERMINAL (99.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 28 JAN 2018 14:48:32 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2018 15:48:32 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2018 08:48:32 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2018 05:48:32 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2018 22:48:32 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 JAN 2018 15:50:00 (61 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$AND;EPISODEID=1196033 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5062167 645 175 4753199 605 150 4512055 574 125 4139680 527 100 3375317 430 75 183895 23 50 3899 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 JAN 2018 16:23:41 LOCAL TIME. 28 JAN 2018 16:23:41 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12652 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES GREECE A LOW 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. 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