WOSS40 EJRC 072005 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 PHILIPPINES * ************************************************ SUMMARY ON 07 NOV 2015 19:40:12 UTC (ABOUT 08 NOV 2015 03:39:54 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ILOCOS IN PHILIPPINES. LUCERO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LUCERO (7.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LINGAYEN (57.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.7 M - DEPTH: 35.26 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 16.456 | 119.9274 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: ILOCOS(REGION) - REGION: LUZON, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 NOV 2015 19:40:12 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 08 NOV 2015 03:39:54 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: AMBUKLAO (87.1 KM), BINGA (86 KM) - AIRPORTS: LINGAYEN (57.6 KM), SAN FERNANDO (43 KM) - PORTS: SAN FERNANDO (43.4 KM), BOLINAO (7.9 KM), PORO / SAN FERNANDO (41.9 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SAT, 07 NOV 2015 19:40:12 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2015 20:40:12 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2015 13:40:12 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2015 10:40:12 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 NOV 2015 03:40:12 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 NOV 2015 20:05:59 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1105224 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 14799052 1884 175 10987180 1399 150 8050768 1025 125 5748295 732 100 4214518 537 75 2481951 316 50 620712 79 20 27161 3 10 6186 1 5 1846 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 79 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 08 NOV 2015 03:39:54 LOCAL TIME. 08 NOV 2015 03:39:54 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 47% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2500 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: THE SPECIFIED HYDRODAM INSTALLATIONS ARE NEAR 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