WOPQ40 EJRC 050909 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 TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 05 APR 2016 08:42:55 UTC (ABOUT 05 APR 2016 17:09:38 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SULAWESI UTARA IN TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA. PULUTAN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KOLONGANA (23.7 KM). NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 39.37 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 4.2049 | 126.6824 - COUNTRY: TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA - PROVINCE: SULAWESI UTARA(PROVINCE) - REGION: TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 APR 2016 08:42:55 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 APR 2016 17:09:38 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: BEO (8.6 KM), LIRUNG (29.8 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: TUE, 05 APR 2016 08:42:55 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 10:42:55 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 02:42:55 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 APR 2016 23:42:55 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2016 15:42:55 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 APR 2016 09:09:57 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1124259 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 291825 37 175 289160 37 150 259237 33 125 232590 30 100 232590 30 75 232211 30 50 203557 26 20 64547 8 10 18345 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 26 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 APR 2016 17:09:38 LOCAL TIME. 05 APR 2016 17:09:38 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 TALAUD ISLANDS, INDONESIA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 21% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 650 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) ________________________________________ 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