WEPA40 EJRC 241853 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 EL SALVADOR * *********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 NOV 2016 18:43:51 UTC (ABOUT 24 NOV 2016 12:48:07 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.2 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF USULUTAN IN EL SALVADOR. 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 0.1 M, OCCURRING AT LAS MESAS (EL SALVADOR) AT 1/1/2006 12:59:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 7.2 M - DEPTH: 33 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 11.941 | -88.931 - COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR - PROVINCE: - REGION: OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 NOV 2016 18:43:51 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 NOV 2016 12:48:07 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, 24 NOV 2016 18:43:51 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 19:43:51 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 12:43:51 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 09:43:51 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2016 02:43:51 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 NOV 2016 18:53:58 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1148087 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 24 NOV 2016 19:42 LAS MESAS EL SALVADOR 0.1 24 NOV 2016 19:42 CANT=N SAN J EL SALVADOR 0.1 24 NOV 2016 19:42 HACIENDA EL EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:42 LOS PLATANAR EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:42 BUENOS AIRES EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:33 MIRAVALLES EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:33 LOS C=BANOS EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:38 EL -NGEL EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:35 HACIENDA TAQ EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:39 EL CIMARR=N EL SALVADOR 0.0 24 NOV 2016 19:35 HACIENDA SAN EL SALVADOR 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1148087 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1962573 250 175 499068 64 150 7455 1 125 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 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 24 NOV 2016 12:48:07 LOCAL TIME. 24 NOV 2016 12:48:07 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. EL SALVADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1752 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 EL SALVADOR 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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