WEPW40 EJRC 052259 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA * **************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 MAR 2017 22:47:56 UTC (ABOUT 06 MAR 2017 08:45:56 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF WEST NEW BRITAIN IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. KANDRIAN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AVIKLO (7.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KANDRIAN (10.7 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.0 M, OCCURRING AT LAPUNUM (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) AT 1/1/2006 12:08:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 6.5 M - DEPTH: 33 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -6.3 | 149.5 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: WEST NEW BRITAIN(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 MAR 2017 22:47:56 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 MAR 2017 08:45:56 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KANDRIAN (10.7 KM), LINGA LINGA (68.8 KM) - PORTS: ARAWE HARBOUR (52 KM), GASMATA (89.1 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 05 MAR 2017 22:47:56 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAR 2017 23:47:56 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAR 2017 16:47:56 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAR 2017 13:47:56 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 MAR 2017 06:47:56 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 MAR 2017 22:59:24 (11 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$AND;EPISODEID=1159599 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 05 MAR 2017 22:55 LAPUNUM PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 AVIKLO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 APUGI PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 KANDRIAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 AURE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 YUMYELLO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:55 POMETE PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:58 ARAT PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:57 AMGORING PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:57 NAMAKLONGKLO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 05 MAR 2017 22:58 LAUHURING PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1159599 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 245137 31 175 199163 25 150 184620 24 125 146176 19 100 63958 8 75 38308 5 50 22253 3 20 6625 1 10 2561 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 3 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 MAR 2017 08:45:56 LOCAL TIME. 06 MAR 2017 08:45:56 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. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 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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