WOAW40 EJRC 231636 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 23 FEB 2020 16:00:31 UTC (ABOUT 23 FEB 2020 18:57:59 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AZARBAYJAN-E BAKHTARI IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. HABASHI PA'IN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HABASHI PA'IN (10 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: VAN (90.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.4692 | 44.3669 - COUNTRY: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN - PROVINCE: AZARBAYJAN-E BAKHTARI(PROVINCE) - REGION: TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 23 FEB 2020 16:00:31 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 23 FEB 2020 18:57:59 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: VAN (90.3 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 LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 23 FEB 2020 16:00:31 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 FEB 2020 17:00:31 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 FEB 2020 10:00:31 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 FEB 2020 07:00:31 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 FEB 2020 00:00:31 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 23 FEB 2020 16:36:55 (36 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$AND;EPISODEID=1297630 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10515521 1339 175 7062782 899 150 4415695 562 125 3598036 458 100 1822477 232 75 968227 123 50 420392 54 20 34364 4 10 9461 1 5 3940 1 2 196 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 54 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 23 FEB 2020 18:57:59 LOCAL TIME. 23 FEB 2020 18:57:59 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1587 PPP$ (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