WOPA40 EJRC 151021 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 15 MAY 2016 09:51:40 UTC (ABOUT 15 MAY 2016 04:30:30 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ESMERALDAS IN ECUADOR. SAN FRANCISCO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: QUINGÏ¿½E (28.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (87.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 35 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 0.5604 | -80.2902 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: ESMERALDAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 15 MAY 2016 09:51:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 15 MAY 2016 04:30:30 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (87.2 KM), PEDERNALES (60.8 KM) - PORTS: BALAO TERMINAL (81.1 KM), ESMERALDAS (85.4 KM), COJIMIES (41.3 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: SUN, 15 MAY 2016 09:51:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 MAY 2016 11:51:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 MAY 2016 03:51:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 MAY 2016 00:51:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 MAY 2016 16:51:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 15 MAY 2016 10:21:31 (29 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$AND;EPISODEID=1128331 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2368097 302 175 1584031 202 150 891365 113 125 628160 80 100 380095 48 75 71168 9 50 32863 4 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 4 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 15 MAY 2016 04:30:30 LOCAL TIME. 15 MAY 2016 04:30:30 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ECUADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1419 PPP$ (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