WONA40 EJRC 141648 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 14 DEC 2016 16:41:05 UTC (ABOUT 14 DEC 2016 08:29:43 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.68 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN UNITED STATES. BLACK OAKS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BLACK OAKS (1.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SMUDGEO NR 1 (8.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NCAL SS - MAGNITUDE: 4.68 M - DEPTH: 0.94 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.8199997 | -122.8408356 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 14 DEC 2016 16:41:05 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 DEC 2016 08:29:43 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SMUDGEO NR 1 (8.6 KM), CLOVERDALE MUNICIPAL (14.1 KM), PAUL HOBERG (15.1 KM), HEALDSBURG MUNICIPAL (19.2 KM), LAMPSON (19.6 KM), KONOCTI - CLEAR LAKE (20.1 KM), FERNDALE RESORT (20.6 KM), REDBUD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (23 KM), 7-M RANCH (26 KM), SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL (32.2 KM), SONOMA COUNTY (34.6 KM), ST. HELENA FIRE DEPT. (41.6 KM), MYSTERIOUS VALLEY (41.9 KM), SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (43.5 KM), VIRGIL O PARRETT FIELD (44.3 KM), POPE VALLEY (45.5 KM), SANTA ROSA AIR CENTER (45.6 KM), UKIAH MUNICIPAL (46.1 KM), GRAYWOOD RANCH (49.1 KM), BOONVILLE (51.6 KM), THE SEA RANCH (53 KM), RIVER MEADOW FARM (54.4 KM), ANTELOPE VALLEY RANCH (55.6 KM), LAKE BERRYESSA (56.8 KM), OCEAN RIDGE (59.9 KM), G3 RANCH (62.1 KM), LOFTY REDWOODS (65.2 KM), PETALUMA MUNICIPAL (65.7 KM), MC CABE RANCH (67.8 KM), MOSKOWITE (68.4 KM), GRAVELLY VALLEY (70.6 KM), SONOMA SKYPARK (71.8 KM), MAZZA (73.5 KM), SONOMA VALLEY (74.5 KM), MOLLER (76.7 KM), GNOSS FIELD (78.9 KM), BLAKE SKY PARK (80 KM), DAVIS (80.6 KM), NAPA COUNTY (83.2 KM), ELLS FIELD WILLITS MUNICIPAL (83.7 KM), DIAMOND M RANCH (85.9 KM), HAMILTON AAF (89.2 KM), SAN RAFAEL (93.4 KM) - PORTS: BODEGA BAY (57 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: WED, 14 DEC 2016 16:41:05 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 DEC 2016 17:41:05 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 DEC 2016 10:41:05 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 DEC 2016 07:41:05 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 DEC 2016 00:41:05 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 14 DEC 2016 16:48:24 (7 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$AND;EPISODEID=1150561 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10159431 1294 175 7748479 987 150 4808318 612 125 2468874 314 100 911180 116 75 620907 79 50 372853 47 20 19232 2 10 178 0 5 60 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 47 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 DEC 2016 08:29:43 LOCAL TIME. 14 DEC 2016 08:29:43 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES 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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