WONA40 EJRC 061503 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA * ******************************************************* SUMMARY ON 06 JAN 2016 14:42:34 UTC (ABOUT 06 JAN 2016 06:54:58 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. LOS ANGELES THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LOS ANGELES (125.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BANNING MUNICIPAL (8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 7 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 33.984 | -116.897 - COUNTRY: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 JAN 2016 14:42:34 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 JAN 2016 06:54:58 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: SAN ONOFRE (91.5 KM) - HYDRODAMS: BEAR VALLEY (29.6 KM) - AIRPORTS: BANNING MUNICIPAL (8 KM), REDLANDS MUNICIPAL (25.6 KM), UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (28.8 KM), HEMET VALLEY HOSPITAL HELISTOP (26.6 KM) - PORTS: OCEANSIDE (98.1 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: WED, 06 JAN 2016 14:42:34 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JAN 2016 15:42:34 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JAN 2016 08:42:34 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JAN 2016 05:42:34 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JAN 2016 22:42:34 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 JAN 2016 15:03:06 (20 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$AND;EPISODEID=1114473 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 22265292 2835 175 21418644 2727 150 18850560 2400 125 12637480 1609 100 7701484 981 75 3808558 485 50 1805027 230 20 120508 15 10 58268 7 5 1365 0 2 236 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 230 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 JAN 2016 06:54:58 LOCAL TIME. 06 JAN 2016 06:54:58 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 53% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 3379 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