WONT40 EJRC 101409 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 VENEZUELA * ********************************************* SUMMARY ON 10 MAR 2017 13:46:39 UTC (ABOUT 10 MAR 2017 09:08:17 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF FALCON IN VENEZUELA. PEDREGALITO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PEDREGALITO (26.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ADICORA (24.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 11.9584 | -69.5903 - COUNTRY: VENEZUELA - PROVINCE: - REGION: NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 MAR 2017 13:46:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 MAR 2017 09:08:17 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ADICORA (24.3 KM), PUERTO CUMAREBO (57.8 KM), CORO (60.9 KM), JOSEFA CAMEJO (64.2 KM), HATO (73.3 KM), REINA BEATRIX INTERNATIONAL (75.8 KM) - PORTS: SAINT NICOLAAS (46.7 KM), CORO (55.5 KM), PUERTO CUMAREBO (57.8 KM), SAN NICOLAS (61.9 KM), BULLEN BAY (65.8 KM), SAINT MICHIELS BAY (66.6 KM), BARCADERA (73 KM), BARCADERA (73 KM), WILLEMSTAD / EMMASTAD (73.4 KM), AMUAY (73.5 KM), LAS PIEDRAS (73.7 KM), GUARANAO BAY (76.1 KM), PUNTA CARDON (79.1 KM), ORANJESTAD (79.7 KM), CARACAS BAY (80.6 KM), FUIKBAY (83.3 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: FRI, 10 MAR 2017 13:46:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 14:46:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 07:46:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 04:46:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 21:46:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 MAR 2017 14:09:47 (23 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$AND;EPISODEID=1160112 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1426573 182 175 1197221 152 150 1063963 135 125 972682 124 100 925930 118 75 641871 82 50 41727 5 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 5 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 MAR 2017 09:08:17 LOCAL TIME. 10 MAR 2017 09:08:17 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. VENEZUELA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3213 PPP$ (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 VENEZUELA 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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