WOPA40 EJRC 011206 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 01 JUN 2016 10:05:18 UTC (ABOUT 01 JUN 2016 04:43:31 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MANABI IN ECUADOR. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PEDERNALES (45.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 26.91 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 0.1638 | -80.4443 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: MANABI(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 JUN 2016 10:05:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 JUN 2016 04:43:31 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PEDERNALES (45.1 KM), LOS PERALES (85.1 KM) - PORTS: COJIMIES (53.1 KM), BAHIA DE CARAQUEZ (84.3 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: WED, 01 JUN 2016 10:05:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2016 12:05:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2016 04:05:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2016 01:05:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2016 17:05:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 JUN 2016 12:06:28 (121 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$AND;EPISODEID=1129880 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2779986 354 175 2374582 302 150 1823681 232 125 863047 110 100 290489 37 75 129520 16 50 16113 2 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 2 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 JUN 2016 04:43:31 LOCAL TIME. 01 JUN 2016 04:43:31 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ECUADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1419 PPP$ (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