WEEW40 EJRC 300648 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. ****************************************** * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN ITALY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 30 OCT 2016 06:40:20 UTC (ABOUT 30 OCT 2016 07:32:51 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MARCHE IN ITALY. CASAVECCHIA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: FRONTIGNANO (2.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FOLIGNO (34.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 6.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 42.92 | 13.13 - COUNTRY: ITALY - PROVINCE: MARCHE(REGION) - REGION: CENTRAL ITALY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 30 OCT 2016 06:40:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 30 OCT 2016 07:32:51 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FOLIGNO (34.4 KM), SANT EGIDIO (54.2 KM), L AQUILA PRETURO (61.8 KM), FALCONARA (79.6 KM) - PORTS: SAN BENEDETTO (61.7 KM), PORTO RECANATI (69.6 KM), GIULIANOVA (71.6 KM), FALCONARA (82.1 KM), ANCONA (83.9 KM), SENIGALLIA (89.2 KM) 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, 30 OCT 2016 06:40:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 07:40:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 01:40:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2016 22:40:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 14:40:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 30 OCT 2016 06:48:49 (8 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$AND;EPISODEID=1144631 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11099925 1413 175 10109670 1287 150 8351441 1063 125 4184087 533 100 2662631 339 75 1370593 175 50 312509 40 20 12820 2 10 2299 0 5 959 0 2 77 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 40 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 30 OCT 2016 07:32:51 LOCAL TIME. 30 OCT 2016 07:32:51 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ITALY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 20174 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES ITALY 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 WOME40 EJRC 300648 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 30 OCT 2016 06:41:18 UTC (ABOUT 30 OCT 2016 08:17:49 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF MACEDONIA IN GREECE. KOUFOS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KOUFOS (43 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SKIATHOS (72.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.6132 | 24.1324 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: - REGION: AEGEAN SEA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 30 OCT 2016 06:41:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 30 OCT 2016 08:17:49 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SKIATHOS (72.5 KM), SKIROS (77.9 KM) - PORTS: PEATHOURA ISLAND (13.1 KM), YIOURA ISLAND (26.4 KM), PIPERI ISLAND (34.8 KM), PELAGOS ISLAND (35.4 KM), ILIODHROMIA ISLAND (53.8 KM), PALOURION (55.4 KM), SKANTZOURA (59.2 KM), ORMOS SKOPELOU (64.1 KM), SKIATHOS ISLAND (73.3 KM), NEA RODHA (86.3 KM), SKIROS ISLAND (86.4 KM), NIKITAS (88.2 KM), ORMOS PEVKO (90.1 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, 30 OCT 2016 06:41:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 07:41:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 01:41:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 OCT 2016 22:41:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2016 14:41:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 30 OCT 2016 06:48:52 (7 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$AND;EPISODEID=1144632 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6273911 799 175 1821478 232 150 587441 75 125 146420 19 100 46226 6 75 11313 1 50 427 0 20 1 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 30 OCT 2016 08:17:49 LOCAL TIME. 30 OCT 2016 08:17:49 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED 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. 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