WOCA40 EJRC 100351 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. ********************************************** * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN NICARAGUA * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 10 JUN 2016 03:25:22 UTC (ABOUT 09 JUN 2016 21:37:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHOLUTECA IN NICARAGUA. MANAGUA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MANAGUA (111.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAN LORENZO (82.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 12.841 | -87.0131 - COUNTRY: NICARAGUA - PROVINCE: CHINANDEGA(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 JUN 2016 03:25:22 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 09 JUN 2016 21:37:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SAN LORENZO (82.5 KM), FANOR URROZ (47.3 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO SANDINO (76.4 KM), CORINTO (44.5 KM), SAN LORENZO (78.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 10 JUN 2016 03:25:22 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 JUN 2016 05:25:22 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 21:25:22 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 18:25:22 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 JUN 2016 10:25:22 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 JUN 2016 03:51:32 (26 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$AND;EPISODEID=1130707 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9031791 1150 175 8058998 1026 150 6719248 856 125 4029072 513 100 1830126 233 75 1211850 154 50 790382 101 20 47653 6 10 9340 1 5 1983 0 2 57 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 101 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 09 JUN 2016 21:37:18 LOCAL TIME. 09 JUN 2016 21:37:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NICARAGUA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 472 PPP$ (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 NICARAGUA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 41% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1635 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: 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