WOCA40 EJRC 161304 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. ****************************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 FEB 2017 12:51:54 UTC (ABOUT 16 FEB 2017 08:14:11 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAN PEDRO DE MACOR¡S IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. DOS RÍOS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ALTAGRACIA (5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (36.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 113 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.667 | -69.427 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: SAN PEDRO DE MACOR¡S(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 FEB 2017 12:51:54 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 FEB 2017 08:14:11 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (36.6 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (39.7 KM), SABANA DE LA MAR (44.5 KM), ARROYO BARRIL (58.9 KM), LA ROMANA (59.4 KM), HERRERA (61.3 KM) - PORTS: SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS (27.2 KM), BOCA CHICA (30.8 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (52.4 KM), LA ROMANA (56.5 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (59 KM), SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA (59.7 KM), SANCHEZ (64.8 KM), RIO HAINA (68.4 KM), PALENQUE (95 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: THU, 16 FEB 2017 12:51:54 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2017 13:51:54 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2017 06:51:54 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2017 03:51:54 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2017 20:51:54 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 FEB 2017 13:04:20 (12 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$AND;EPISODEID=1157643 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9144321 1164 175 8451121 1076 150 7275361 926 125 6441343 820 100 5614384 715 75 4577376 583 50 1116833 142 20 124737 16 10 28732 4 5 8119 1 2 4463 1 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 142 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 FEB 2017 08:14:11 LOCAL TIME. 16 FEB 2017 08:14:11 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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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