WOAE40 EJRC 171314 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 17 DEC 2015 12:44:03 UTC (ABOUT 17 DEC 2015 20:46:23 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IN PHILIPPINES. BAND THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SULBEC (9.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LAOAG INTERNATIONAL (44.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.4 M - DEPTH: 72.57 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.7762 | 120.5859 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: ILOCOS(REGION) - REGION: LUZON, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 17 DEC 2015 12:44:03 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 17 DEC 2015 20:46:23 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LAOAG INTERNATIONAL (44.8 KM), VIGAN (34.6 KM) - PORTS: GAN BAY (25.1 KM), SALOMAGUE (17.9 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 17 DEC 2015 12:44:03 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 DEC 2015 13:44:03 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 DEC 2015 06:44:03 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 DEC 2015 03:44:03 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 DEC 2015 20:44:03 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 17 DEC 2015 13:14:33 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1111941 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8405627 1070 175 6830214 870 150 5044530 642 125 3284473 418 100 1903377 242 75 1494708 190 50 1209541 154 20 291880 37 10 4897 1 5 157 0 2 26 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 154 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 17 DEC 2015 20:46:23 LOCAL TIME. 17 DEC 2015 20:46:23 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 46% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2600 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: 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