WOSA40 EJRC 141007 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 CHILE * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 14 APR 2016 09:38:44 UTC (ABOUT 14 APR 2016 04:57:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF LIBERTADOR GENERAL BERNARDO O'HIGGINS IN CHILE. EL INGENIO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SANTIAGO (45.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: EL BOSQUE (39.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.5 M - DEPTH: 112.59 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -33.8537 | -70.4242 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: REGION METROPOLITANA(REGION) - REGION: CHILE-ARGENTINA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 14 APR 2016 09:38:44 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 APR 2016 04:57:02 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: YESO (35.3 KM) - AIRPORTS: EL BOSQUE (39.4 KM), EULOGIO SANCHEZ (44.4 KM), LOS CERRILLOS (45.8 KM) - 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: THU, 14 APR 2016 09:38:44 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 APR 2016 11:38:44 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 APR 2016 03:38:44 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 APR 2016 00:38:44 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 APR 2016 16:38:44 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 14 APR 2016 10:07:33 (28 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$AND;EPISODEID=1125172 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10697219 1362 175 9519408 1212 150 9090872 1157 125 7784408 991 100 7089044 903 75 6671594 849 50 4885522 622 20 21042 3 10 2942 0 5 970 0 2 171 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 622 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 APR 2016 04:57:02 LOCAL TIME. 14 APR 2016 04:57:02 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHILE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 5121 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CHILE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 99% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 6526 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