WESA40 EJRC 181718 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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. ******************************************************** * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN ECUADOR * ******************************************************** SUMMARY ON 18 MAY 2016 16:46:44 UTC (ABOUT 18 MAY 2016 11:28:10 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ESMERALDAS IN ECUADOR. EL GUABO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: QUITO (146.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (56.7 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.2 M, OCCURRING AT BAHFA DE CARßQUEZ (ECUADOR) AT 1/1/2006 12:09:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.8 M - DEPTH: 31 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 0.4651 | -79.6406 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: ESMERALDAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 18 MAY 2016 16:46:44 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 18 MAY 2016 11:28:10 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :ORANGE TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GENERAL RIVADENEIRA (56.7 KM), PEDERNALES (63.4 KM) - PORTS: ESMERALDAS (57.3 KM), COJIMIES (42.4 KM), RIOVERDE (59.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 18 MAY 2016 16:46:44 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 MAY 2016 18:46:44 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 MAY 2016 10:46:44 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 MAY 2016 07:46:44 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 MAY 2016 23:46:44 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 18 MAY 2016 17:18:27 (31 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$AND;EPISODEID=1128626 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 18 MAY 2016 16:55 BAHFA DE CAR ECUADOR 0.2 18 MAY 2016 16:55 LEONIDAS PLA ECUADOR 0.2 18 MAY 2016 16:56 EL ROSARIO ECUADOR 0.2 18 MAY 2016 16:59 CANOA ECUADOR 0.2 18 MAY 2016 16:59 SAN VICENTE ECUADOR 0.1 18 MAY 2016 19:14 CHARAPOT= ECUADOR 0.1 18 MAY 2016 16:52 SAN CLEMENTE ECUADOR 0.1 18 MAY 2016 17:02 CRUCITA ECUADOR 0.1 18 MAY 2016 18:08 EL PARAFSO ECUADOR 0.0 18 MAY 2016 18:31 PUERTO CABUY ECUADOR 0.0 18 MAY 2016 17:23 SAN MATEO ECUADOR 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1128626 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5782646 736 175 4613370 587 150 3065696 390 125 1119437 143 100 908044 116 75 501213 64 50 197649 25 20 21336 3 10 5179 1 5 1375 0 2 345 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 25 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 18 MAY 2016 11:28:10 LOCAL TIME. 18 MAY 2016 11:28:10 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 26% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2005 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. 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