WOME40 EJRC 220251 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 TURKEY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 22 JUN 2017 02:48:52 UTC (ABOUT 22 JUN 2017 04:34:52 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF IZMIR IN TURKEY. KARABURUN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KARABURUN (17.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MYTILENE (28.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 8.8 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.8237 | 26.5017 - COUNTRY: TURKEY - PROVINCE: IZMIR(PROVINCE) - REGION: AEGEAN SEA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 JUN 2017 02:48:52 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 JUN 2017 04:34:52 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MYTILENE (28.9 KM), POLIKHNITOS (40.2 KM), CIGLI MILITARY AIRPORT (52.9 KM), CIGLI (55.3 KM), CHIOS (60.4 KM), GAZIEMIR (79.2 KM), OLIMBOI (80.1 KM), ADNAN MENDERES (81.3 KM) - PORTS: PLOMARION (21.9 KM), MITILENE (31.9 KM), FOCA (35.7 KM), NEMRUT BAY (35.8 KM), ALIAGA (39.1 KM), MARMARON (44.4 KM), DIKILI (45.3 KM), KOLPIS KALLONIS (47 KM), ORMOS KOLOKITHIAS (48.8 KM), CESME (56.3 KM), KHIOS (58.2 KM), AYVALIK (58.9 KM), ALACATI (65.3 KM), MITHIMNA (66.5 KM), IZMIR (69.7 KM), IZMIR (SMYRNA) (70.3 KM), SIGRI (71.5 KM), SIGACIK (72 KM), AKCAY (93 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: THU, 22 JUN 2017 02:48:52 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 JUN 2017 04:48:52 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JUN 2017 20:48:52 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JUN 2017 17:48:52 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 JUN 2017 09:48:52 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 JUN 2017 02:51:36 (2 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$AND;EPISODEID=1171485 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7463911 950 175 6166106 785 150 5493108 699 125 4574055 582 100 3798633 484 75 852508 109 50 145715 19 20 2211 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 19 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 JUN 2017 04:34:52 LOCAL TIME. 22 JUN 2017 04:34:52 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TURKEY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2965 PPP$ (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 TURKEY 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. 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