WOAE40 EJRC 092015 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 09 JUN 2016 19:54:39 UTC (ABOUT 10 JUN 2016 03:58:50 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IN PHILIPPINES. UDDIAWAN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BINTAWAN (15 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LOAKAN (50.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 43.15 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 16.5432 | 121.0467 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: CAGAYAN VALLEY(REGION) - REGION: LUZON, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 09 JUN 2016 19:54:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 JUN 2016 03:58:50 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: AMBUKLAO (34.5 KM), BINGA (38.8 KM) - AIRPORTS: LOAKAN (50.3 KM), BAGABAG (22.5 KM), MRMP (56.6 KM) - PORTS: SAN FERNANDO (80.2 KM), PORO / SAN FERNANDO (82.2 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 09 JUN 2016 19:54:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 21:54:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 13:54:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 10:54:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 JUN 2016 02:54:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 09 JUN 2016 20:15:35 (20 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$AND;EPISODEID=1130689 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 18610312 2370 175 14534044 1851 150 11993202 1527 125 9273079 1181 100 5984613 762 75 2884207 367 50 858196 109 20 175942 22 10 2406 0 5 302 0 2 24 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 109 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 JUN 2016 03:58:50 LOCAL TIME. 10 JUN 2016 03:58:50 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 47% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2766 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. 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: THE SPECIFIED HYDRODAM INSTALLATIONS ARE NEAR 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