WEPW40 EJRC 181840 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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 AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN SOLOMON IS. * *********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 18 NOV 2015 18:31:05 UTC (ABOUT 19 NOV 2015 05:04:45 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.9 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF SOLOMON IS. IN SOLOMON IS.. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SEGE (80.7 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.6 M, OCCURRING AT TUARUGU (SOLOMON ISLANDS) AT 1/1/2006 12:18:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 6.9 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -9.04 | 158.42 - COUNTRY: SOLOMON IS. - PROVINCE: - REGION: SOLOMON ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 18 NOV 2015 18:31:05 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 19 NOV 2015 05:04:45 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SEGE (80.7 KM), YANDINA (88.3 KM) - PORTS: YANDINA (86.3 KM), PIPISALA BAY (78.6 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: WED, 18 NOV 2015 18:31:05 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 NOV 2015 19:31:05 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 NOV 2015 12:31:05 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 NOV 2015 09:31:05 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 NOV 2015 02:31:05 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 18 NOV 2015 18:40:23 (9 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$AND;EPISODEID=1107188 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 18 NOV 2015 18:49 TUARUGU SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.6 18 NOV 2015 18:49 DADALE SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.5 18 NOV 2015 18:49 SAMASODU POI SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.4 18 NOV 2015 18:55 HUREPELO SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.4 18 NOV 2015 18:53 SUSUBONA SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.4 18 NOV 2015 18:50 KAVA SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.4 18 NOV 2015 18:54 BILURO SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.4 18 NOV 2015 18:49 DEDEU SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.3 18 NOV 2015 18:52 LITOGHAHIRA SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.3 18 NOV 2015 18:50 FILUO SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.2 18 NOV 2015 19:07 LOKIHA SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.2 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1107188 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 243412.0 31 175 184667.0 24 150 88085.0 11 125 50636.0 6 100 41239.0 5 75 14929.0 2 50 5525.0 1 20 0.0 0 10 0.0 0 5 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 19 NOV 2015 05:04:45 LOCAL TIME. 19 NOV 2015 05:04:45 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. SOLOMON IS. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 785 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 SOLOMON IS. A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 28% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 966.0 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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