WOXX40 EJRC 282319 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 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN * ************************************************************ SUMMARY ON 28 JAN 2020 20:37:20 UTC (ABOUT 28 JAN 2020 23:40:15 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BAKHTARAN IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. SHARAFSHAH THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SUMAR (9.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SUBAKHU (59.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 33.8212 | 45.7296 - COUNTRY: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN - PROVINCE: BAKHTARAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 JAN 2020 20:37:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 JAN 2020 23:40:15 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SUBAKHU (59.4 KM), ILAM (66.8 KM), SHAHABAD HIGHWAY STRIP (84.9 KM), SALUM (98.2 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: TUE, 28 JAN 2020 20:37:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2020 21:37:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2020 14:37:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2020 11:37:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 JAN 2020 04:37:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 JAN 2020 23:19:30 (162 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$AND;EPISODEID=1293069 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 20789636 2647 175 16515463 2103 150 14584745 1857 125 3554404 453 100 1801929 229 75 900001 115 50 106685 14 20 7976 1 10 1005 0 5 36 0 2 5 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 14 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 JAN 2020 23:40:15 LOCAL TIME. 28 JAN 2020 23:40:15 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1587 PPP$ (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 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 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