WOPQ40 EJRC 260237
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.

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*    WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN MARIANA ISLANDS REGION    *
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SUMMARY

ON 26 DEC 2015 02:17:24 UTC (ABOUT 26 DEC 2015 11:51:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF  IN MARIANA ISLANDS REGION.  NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND.


EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS
-	SOURCE: NEIC
-	MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M
-	DEPTH: 294.05 KM
-	LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 21.5903 | 143.4086
-	COUNTRY: MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
-	PROVINCE: 
-	REGION: MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
-	UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 DEC 2015 02:17:24 UTC
-	ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 DEC 2015 11:51:02



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POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE:
-	NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A
-	HYDRODAMS: N/A
-	AIRPORTS: N/A
-	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:              SAT, 26 DEC 2015 02:17:24 UTC
EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT:         26 DEC 2015 03:17:24
EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT:     25 DEC 2015 20:17:24
WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT:     25 DEC 2015 17:17:24
EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT:        26 DEC 2015 10:17:24
 
THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 DEC 2015 02:37:21 (19 MIN AFTER THE EVENT)


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FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG
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POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). 

RADIUS (KM) 	POPULATION 	DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2)


THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2.
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THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 DEC 2015 11:51:02 LOCAL TIME. 26 DEC 2015 11:51:02

RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY
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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.
MARIANA ISLANDS REGION HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE.
BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES MARIANA ISLANDS REGION A LOW VULNERABILITY.
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SECONDARY EFFECTS
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PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS:
-	 LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A 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)

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