WOCA40 EJRC 260050 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 26 NOV 2015 00:38:15 UTC (ABOUT 25 NOV 2015 19:56:09 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PERAVIA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. AGUA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SANTO DOMINGO (67.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BARAHONA HABANERO (65 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.373 | -70.522 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: AZUA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 NOV 2015 00:38:15 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 25 NOV 2015 19:56:09 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: LAS BARIAS (27 KM), JIGUEY (24.7 KM), VALDESIA (25.6 KM) - AIRPORTS: BARAHONA HABANERO (65 KM), HERRERA (59.3 KM), CONSTANZA (62.8 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO VIEJO DE AZUA (18.3 KM), LAS CALDERAS (17.4 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: THU, 26 NOV 2015 00:38:15 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2015 01:38:15 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2015 18:38:15 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2015 15:38:15 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2015 08:38:15 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 NOV 2015 00:50:11 (11 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$AND;EPISODEID=1108518 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12907935 1643 175 9754499 1242 150 8413503 1071 125 7214619 919 100 5502134 701 75 4385743 558 50 911336 116 20 90556 12 10 20138 3 5 6453 1 2 972 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 116 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 25 NOV 2015 19:56:09 LOCAL TIME. 25 NOV 2015 19:56:09 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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 2928 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