WONT40 EJRC 062158 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 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO * ******************************************************* SUMMARY ON 06 DEC 2016 21:42:20 UTC (ABOUT 06 DEC 2016 17:38:49 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MOUNT PLEASANT THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MOUNT PLEASANT (18.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TOBAGO CROWN POINT (16.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.8 M - DEPTH: 35.81 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 11.005 | -60.8788 - COUNTRY: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - PROVINCE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO() - REGION: WINDWARD ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 DEC 2016 21:42:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 DEC 2016 17:38:49 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: TOBAGO CROWN POINT (16.8 KM), WALLER (56.8 KM), PIARCO (67.6 KM) - PORTS: CROWN POINT (17.1 KM), SCARBOROUGH (24.3 KM), PORT OF SPAIN (80.8 KM), TRINIDAD (80.9 KM), TEMBLADORA (84.9 KM), CRONSTADT ISLAND (90.1 KM), CHAGUARAMAS (92.8 KM), POINT LISAS PORT (94.2 KM), POINT LISAS (96.6 KM), POINT GALEOTA (97.5 KM), GALEOTA POINT (97.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: TUE, 06 DEC 2016 21:42:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2016 22:42:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2016 15:42:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2016 12:42:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 DEC 2016 05:42:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 DEC 2016 21:58:26 (16 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$AND;EPISODEID=1149439 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1418727 181 175 1375009 175 150 1260472 160 125 1189721 151 100 984708 125 75 407555 52 50 61885 8 20 7773 1 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 8 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 DEC 2016 17:38:49 LOCAL TIME. 06 DEC 2016 17:38:49 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 4936 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 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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