WOAE40 EJRC 131422 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 13 AUG 2016 14:05:05 UTC (ABOUT 13 AUG 2016 22:22:53 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF EASTERN VISAYAS IN PHILIPPINES. CALUBIAN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LICO (2.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BILIRAN NATL (6.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 38.45 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 11.5241 | 124.4526 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: EASTERN VISAYAS(REGION) - REGION: LEYTE, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 13 AUG 2016 14:05:05 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 13 AUG 2016 22:22:53 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BILIRAN NATL (6.1 KM), CATBALOGAN (51.7 KM), ORMOC (53.1 KM), CALBAYOG (61.4 KM), PHILPHOS (67.8 KM), DANIEL Z ROMUALDEZ (70.8 KM) - PORTS: CALUBIAN (8.3 KM), LEYTE (14.6 KM), SAN ISIDRO (18.1 KM), AREVALO (20.1 KM), VILLABA (35.1 KM), TALALORA (42 KM), PALOMPON (53 KM), CATBALOGAN (54 KM), ORMOC (60.2 KM), PORT BELLO (61.1 KM), CALBAYOG (61.3 KM), TACLOBAN (66.8 KM), MERIDA (67.8 KM), ISABEL (68 KM), BOGO (71.6 KM), TANAUAN (77.1 KM), PILAR (81.4 KM), SANTA FE (81.7 KM), BORBON (89.8 KM), SOGOD BAY (98.1 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: SAT, 13 AUG 2016 14:05:05 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 AUG 2016 16:05:05 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 AUG 2016 08:05:05 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 AUG 2016 05:05:05 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 AUG 2016 21:05:05 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 13 AUG 2016 14:22:36 (17 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$AND;EPISODEID=1136556 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 15875818 2021 175 12197151 1553 150 9018325 1148 125 5086873 648 100 3711110 473 75 2543007 324 50 753706 96 20 249722 32 10 60749 8 5 14182 2 2 3360 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 96 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 13 AUG 2016 22:22:53 LOCAL TIME. 13 AUG 2016 22:22:53 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A 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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