WOCA40 EJRC 010626 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 GUATEMALA * ********************************************* SUMMARY ON 01 APR 2016 05:48:13 UTC (ABOUT 31 MAR 2016 23:42:23 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF RETALHULEU IN GUATEMALA. GUATEMALA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: GUATEMALA (103.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: RETALHULEU (29.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 84.13 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 14.3752 | -91.4554 - COUNTRY: GUATEMALA - PROVINCE: SUCHITEPEQUEZ(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: GUATEMALA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 APR 2016 05:48:13 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 MAR 2016 23:42:23 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: RETALHULEU (29.8 KM), QUEZALTENANGO (53.9 KM) - PORTS: PLAYA GRANDE (31.8 KM), CHAMPERICO (49.5 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: FRI, 01 APR 2016 05:48:13 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 APR 2016 07:48:13 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 23:48:13 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 20:48:13 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 APR 2016 12:48:13 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 APR 2016 06:26:19 (38 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$AND;EPISODEID=1123858 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12760527 1625 175 11545411 1470 150 10096495 1286 125 9002460 1146 100 5966017 760 75 3246537 413 50 1292290 165 20 278164 35 10 52119 7 5 12117 2 2 3232 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 165 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 MAR 2016 23:42:23 LOCAL TIME. 31 MAR 2016 23:42:23 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GUATEMALA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1545 PPP$ (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 GUATEMALA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 60% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 4189 M. SINCE THIS IS A HIGH SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS HIGH. 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