WOME40 EJRC 291240 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 CYPRUS * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 OCT 2018 12:09:14 UTC (ABOUT 29 OCT 2018 14:23:06 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF LARNACA IN CYPRUS. ZYYI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ZYYI (37.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KOPHINOU HIGHWAY (45.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 34.4609 | 33.4706 - COUNTRY: CYPRUS - PROVINCE: - REGION: CYPRUS REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 OCT 2018 12:09:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 29 OCT 2018 14:23:06 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KOPHINOU HIGHWAY (45.1 KM), LARNACA (47.9 KM), KORNOS HIGHWAY STRIP (53.7 KM), AKROTIRI AB (55.7 KM), KINGSFIELD (63.9 KM), EPISKOPI (66 KM), LAKATAMIA (75.6 KM), ERCAN (78.9 KM), GECITKALE (87.8 KM), PINARBASHI (95.4 KM) - PORTS: VASSILIKO BAY (38.1 KM), MONI ANCHORAGE (47.9 KM), CAPE GATA (50.2 KM), LARNACA (51.5 KM), LIMASSOL (53 KM), AKROTIRI (55.1 KM), DHEKELIA (60.5 KM), VAROSHA (75.2 KM), FAMAGUSTA (82.4 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: MON, 29 OCT 2018 12:09:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2018 13:09:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2018 07:09:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2018 04:09:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2018 20:09:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 OCT 2018 12:40:51 (31 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$AND;EPISODEID=1233965 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4379421 558 175 1188158 151 150 1187351 151 125 1179844 150 100 1030238 131 75 501920 64 50 39156 5 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 5 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 29 OCT 2018 14:23:06 LOCAL TIME. 29 OCT 2018 14:23:06 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CYPRUS HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 13247 PPP$ (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 CYPRUS 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. 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