WOCA40 EJRC 190510 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. *********************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN EL SALVADOR * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 19 FEB 2016 04:42:39 UTC (ABOUT 18 FEB 2016 22:47:16 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CABANAS IN EL SALVADOR. IZCANALES THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SAN SALVADOR (40.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: EL PLAYON (39.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 198.6 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.798 | -88.843 - COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR - PROVINCE: CABANAS(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: EL SALVADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 19 FEB 2016 04:42:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 18 FEB 2016 22:47:16 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: CERRON GRANDE (19 KM) - AIRPORTS: EL PLAYON (39.1 KM), ILOPANGO INTERNATIONAL (31.7 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO EL TRIUNFO (66.8 KM), LA LIBERTAD (62.4 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: FRI, 19 FEB 2016 04:42:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 FEB 2016 05:42:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 FEB 2016 22:42:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 FEB 2016 19:42:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 FEB 2016 12:42:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 19 FEB 2016 05:10:27 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1119911 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13611133 1733 175 10939889 1393 150 9727250 1239 125 8279599 1054 100 6776375 863 75 4995820 636 50 3514571 447 20 422231 54 10 126910 16 5 34056 4 2 4285 1 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 447 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 18 FEB 2016 22:47:16 LOCAL TIME. 18 FEB 2016 22:47:16 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. EL SALVADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1752 PPP$ (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 EL SALVADOR A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 48% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2710 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