WONA40 EJRC 202310 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 20 NOV 2015 22:40:40 UTC (ABOUT 20 NOV 2015 16:09:36 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KANSAS IN UNITED STATES. CLYDE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: WICHITA (95.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: WILCOX FLD (27.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 3.05 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.9039 | -97.7643 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: OKLAHOMA(STATE) - REGION: OKLAHOMA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 NOV 2015 22:40:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 20 NOV 2015 16:09:36 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: GREAT SALT PLAINS LAKE (37.9 KM) - AIRPORTS: WILCOX FLD (27.3 KM), MC CRAYS (28.8 KM), POND CREEK MUNICIPAL (26.7 KM), MEDFORD MUNICIPAL (12.2 KM), HOMESTEAD FARMS (23.3 KM), MILLER BROTHERS (23.4 KM), CALDWELL MUNICIPAL (21.6 KM), WEEDPATCH INTERNATIONAL (22.3 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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, 20 NOV 2015 22:40:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 NOV 2015 23:40:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 NOV 2015 16:40:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 NOV 2015 13:40:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 NOV 2015 06:40:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 NOV 2015 23:10:33 (29 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$AND;EPISODEID=1107699 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3159214 402 175 2174197 277 150 1254499 160 125 870409 111 100 629385 80 75 168586 21 50 27870 4 20 2666 0 10 716 0 5 12 0 2 5 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 4 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 20 NOV 2015 16:09:36 LOCAL TIME. 20 NOV 2015 16:09:36 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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 UNITED STATES A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 3% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 609 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. 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