Earthquakes - Since Japan of 3-11 effecting large population areas

[Morris Levin]

Orange Earthquake Alert in Ethiopia

Summary

On 3/19/2011 8:08:11 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 5 and depth 14.9km has struck an very highly populated areain the Sidamo Province (population: 5 million) in Ethiopia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert). This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impactsince the affected region is very highly populated and has low resilience for natural disasters. The nearest populated places are Giam Giam (14km), Senteriya (18km), Bursa (15km), Wendo (12km), Sisha (1km), Abosto (12km), Ladu (17km).It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 3694 m. Humanitarian Impact Population resilience Tsunami probability Landslide probability Nuclear radiation probability Caution: this information is based on risk models. Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. This report was automatically updated by a computer on: 3/19/2011 8:35:06 PM UTC (26 minutes  after the event) Downloads: Word report, PDF report Explanation of alert calculation: Show The impact model combines magnitude (M), population within 100km (P) and vulnerability/resilience ECHO average score (V) using the formula: alertscore = max(M-4.5,0) * log10(max(P / 80000,0))^ 0.5 * max(V,0.5) ^ 1.5 / 3 The weighted product of magnitude (5), population (8033726) and vulnerability (2.66) results in an alertscore of 1.02302083555229 Then alert is Red if alertscore>2, Orange if alertscore>1 and Green if alertscore<=1.

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Earthquake Event

[Morris Levin]

Myanmar, (M 6.8, depth 10km, 1 million people

Myanmar, (M 5.4, depth 10.3km

 

[Morris Levin]

There are quakes happening today that are effecting millions of person in underdeveloped countries that get no coverage.  Japan is just one story at the moment that gets coverage due to it's ties with the developed part of the worlds civilizations...

[Morris Levin]

[Morris Levin]

This has struct a population center of 5 million people. It's in Africa and will not get the world attention other quakes have recently had.

 

Based on the combination of 9 indicators, ECHO attributes Ethiopia a high vulnerability.

ECHO Intervention Priority Ranking for Ethiopia
Overall situation
Human Development
Human Poverty
Exposure to Major Disasters
Natural Disasters
Conflicts
Humanitarian effects of population movement
Refugees and IDPs
Health of children under five
Undernourishment
Mortality rates
Other vulnerability factors
Access to health care
Prevalence of HIV, TBC and malaria
Gender-specific Human Development
Gini Index
Source ECHO     Key:          Bad -          Medium -          Good -          No data