WOPN40 EJRC 210629 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 JAPAN * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 21 OCT 2015 06:04:49 UTC (ABOUT 21 OCT 2015 15:29:12 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TOHOKU IN JAPAN. SENDAI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SENDAI (102.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SENDAI (89.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.4 M - DEPTH: 28.2 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.3487 | 141.0968 - COUNTRY: JAPAN - PROVINCE: TOHOKU(REGION) - REGION: NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 21 OCT 2015 06:04:49 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 OCT 2015 15:29:12 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI (9.4 KM), FUKUSHIMA-DAINI (6.7 KM) - HYDRODAMS: SAKASHITA (14.2 KM) - AIRPORTS: SENDAI (89.2 KM), FUKUSHIMA (60.8 KM) - PORTS: SOMA (54.9 KM), ONAHAMA (48.3 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: WED, 21 OCT 2015 06:04:49 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 OCT 2015 08:04:49 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 OCT 2015 00:04:49 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2015 21:04:49 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 OCT 2015 13:04:49 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 21 OCT 2015 06:29:57 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1102925 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 16516918 2103 175 9804001 1248 150 7604377 968 125 5592324 712 100 2638812 336 75 1679970 214 50 543444 69 20 65747 8 10 18342 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 69 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 OCT 2015 15:29:12 LOCAL TIME. 21 OCT 2015 15:29:12 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. JAPAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 42318 PPP$ (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 JAPAN A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 30% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1931 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: THE SPECIFIED NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ARE NEAR 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