WOPQ40 EJRC 040509 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. ********************************************************* * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN * ********************************************************* SUMMARY ON 04 SEP 2015 04:49:21 UTC (ABOUT 04 SEP 2015 13:31:31 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF KYUSHU IN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 29.2473 | 130.5458 - COUNTRY: RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN - PROVINCE: KYUSHU(REGION) - REGION: RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 04 SEP 2015 04:49:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 04 SEP 2015 13:31:31 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: TOKARA ISLAND (89.8 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: FRI, 04 SEP 2015 04:49:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 SEP 2015 06:49:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 SEP 2015 22:49:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 SEP 2015 19:49:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 SEP 2015 11:49:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 04 SEP 2015 05:09:33 (20 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$AND;EPISODEID=1094656 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 134035 17 175 126345 16 150 92342 12 125 24287 3 100 393 0 75 22 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 04 SEP 2015 13:31:31 LOCAL TIME. 04 SEP 2015 13:31:31 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 43% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 950 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: 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