WOSA40 EJRC 202152 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 ECUADOR * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 20 APR 2016 21:30:06 UTC (ABOUT 20 APR 2016 16:10:20 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ESMERALDAS IN ECUADOR. LA SELVA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LAS MAREAS (5.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (57.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 25.77 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 0.5639 | -79.9414 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: ESMERALDAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 APR 2016 21:30:06 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 20 APR 2016 16:10:20 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (57.1 KM), PEDERNALES (57 KM) - PORTS: BALAO TERMINAL (55.7 KM), ESMERALDAS (56.1 KM), COJIMIES (27.2 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, 20 APR 2016 21:30:06 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 APR 2016 23:30:06 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 APR 2016 15:30:06 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 APR 2016 12:30:06 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 APR 2016 04:30:06 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 APR 2016 21:52:21 (22 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$AND;EPISODEID=1126056 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5007041 638 175 1639767 209 150 1255029 160 125 846043 108 100 536713 68 75 360615 46 50 149802 19 20 26709 3 10 9378 1 5 1351 0 2 208 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 19 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 20 APR 2016 16:10:20 LOCAL TIME. 20 APR 2016 16:10:20 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ECUADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1419 PPP$ (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 ECUADOR A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 22% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 676 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