WEPQ40 EJRC 101421 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. ********************************************************* * RED EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN PHILIPPINES * ********************************************************* SUMMARY ON 10 FEB 2017 14:03:49 UTC (ABOUT 10 FEB 2017 22:26:13 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF NORTHERN MINDANAO IN PHILIPPINES. TAGANA-AN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BUENAVISTA (9.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: NONOC (1.1 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.6 M, OCCURRING AT MELGAR (PHILIPPINES) AT 1/1/2006 12:07:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 6.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 9.8 | 125.6 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: NORTHERN MINDANAO(REGION) - REGION: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 FEB 2017 14:03:49 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 FEB 2017 22:26:13 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :RED TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: NONOC (1.1 KM), SURIGAO (13.9 KM), SIARGAO (41.2 KM), BUTUAN (94.8 KM) - PORTS: SURIGAO (13.4 KM), NUMANCIA (41.1 KM), DAPA (50.5 KM), LILOAN (66 KM), MALITBOG (76.7 KM), MAASIN (91.1 KM), SOGOD (93.4 KM), NASIPIT (94.1 KM), BUTUAN (94.4 KM), LAGOME (95.6 KM), NASIPIT (96 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 10 FEB 2017 14:03:49 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 FEB 2017 15:03:49 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 FEB 2017 08:03:49 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 FEB 2017 05:03:49 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 FEB 2017 22:03:49 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 FEB 2017 14:21:23 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1156982 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 10 FEB 2017 14:10 MELGAR PHILIPPINES 0.6 10 FEB 2017 14:10 PUERTO PRINC PHILIPPINES 0.6 10 FEB 2017 14:10 SAN JOSE PHILIPPINES 0.6 10 FEB 2017 14:10 LIPATA PHILIPPINES 0.6 10 FEB 2017 14:03 BUENAVISTA PHILIPPINES 0.5 10 FEB 2017 14:10 ESPERANZA PHILIPPINES 0.5 10 FEB 2017 14:10 PINTUYAN PHILIPPINES 0.4 10 FEB 2017 14:25 SURIGAO PHILIPPINES 0.4 10 FEB 2017 14:10 BAHAY PHILIPPINES 0.3 10 FEB 2017 14:12 ESTELA PHILIPPINES 0.3 10 FEB 2017 14:18 HINUDAYAN PHILIPPINES 0.2 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1156982 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11814603 1504 175 6442909 820 150 4342474 553 125 2999809 382 100 1933673 246 75 982570 125 50 593116 76 20 199916 25 10 21272 3 5 5827 1 2 47 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 76 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 FEB 2017 22:26:13 LOCAL TIME. 10 FEB 2017 22:26:13 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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