WEPS40 EJRC 011656 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. ******************************************************************************* * GREEN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. * ******************************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 01 SEP 2016 16:37:57 UTC (ABOUT 02 SEP 2016 04:33:09 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.2 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF IN OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.0 M, OCCURRING AT HOROERA (NEW ZEALAND) AT 1/1/2006 12:30:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 7.2 M - DEPTH: 159 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -37.5 | 178.8 - COUNTRY: OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. - PROVINCE: - REGION: OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 SEP 2016 16:37:57 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 SEP 2016 04:33:09 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: N/A 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: THU, 01 SEP 2016 16:37:57 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 SEP 2016 18:37:57 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 SEP 2016 10:37:57 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 SEP 2016 07:37:57 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 SEP 2016 23:37:57 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 SEP 2016 16:56:15 (18 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$AND;EPISODEID=1138573 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 01 SEP 2016 17:07 HOROERA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 16:59 TE ARAROA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:03 HICKS BAY NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:14 TOLAGA BAY NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:05 TIKITIKI NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:14 TE PUIA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:14 WAIPIRO NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:16 TUPAROA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:09 WHAREPONGA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:20 TOKOMARU BAY NEW ZEALAND 0.0 01 SEP 2016 17:03 WHANGAPARAOA NEW ZEALAND 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1138573 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 53845 7 175 46908 6 150 7924 1 125 5602 1 100 3599 0 75 1628 0 50 131 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 SEP 2016 04:33:09 LOCAL TIME. 02 SEP 2016 04:33:09 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. OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. A LOW 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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