WOAE40 EJRC 221558 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 MYANMAR * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 22 SEP 2015 13:19:21 UTC (ABOUT 22 SEP 2015 19:37:03 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAGAING IN MYANMAR. MANDALAY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MANDALAY (199.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KALEMYO (48.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 88.64 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 22.9437 | 94.4272 - COUNTRY: MYANMAR - PROVINCE: SAGAING(DIVISION) - REGION: MYANMAR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 SEP 2015 13:19:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 SEP 2015 19:37:03 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: THAPHANSEIK (99.4 KM), KINTAT (97.3 KM) - AIRPORTS: KALEMYO (48.9 KM), GANGAW (94 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH HIGH VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: TUE, 22 SEP 2015 13:19:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 SEP 2015 15:19:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 SEP 2015 07:19:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 SEP 2015 04:19:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 SEP 2015 20:19:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 SEP 2015 15:58:20 (158 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$AND;EPISODEID=1098812 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9515661 1212 175 6234880 794 150 4278287 545 125 2924494 372 100 1486556 189 75 758772 97 50 367898 47 20 72976 9 10 30111 4 5 1991 0 2 354 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 47 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 SEP 2015 19:37:03 LOCAL TIME. 22 SEP 2015 19:37:03 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. MYANMAR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES MYANMAR A HIGH VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 45% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2509 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. 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: THE SPECIFIED HYDRODAM INSTALLATIONS ARE NEAR 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