WOCA40 EJRC 030012 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 PANAMA * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 02 APR 2017 23:54:33 UTC (ABOUT 02 APR 2017 18:24:38 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BOCAS DEL TORO IN PANAMA. GUADALUPE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: GUADALUPE (16.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (32.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.9915 | -82.4773 - COUNTRY: PANAMA - PROVINCE: BOCAS DEL TORO(PROVINCE) - REGION: PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 02 APR 2017 23:54:33 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 APR 2017 18:24:38 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (32.1 KM), BOCAS DEL TORO (46 KM), FINCA 67 (49 KM), CAPTAIN MANUEL NINO (51.8 KM), GUALACA (52.6 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (56 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (66.6 KM), COTO 47 (69.1 KM), FINCA 63 (74.8 KM), GOLFITO (86 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (90.7 KM), BUENOS AIRES (96 KM), PANDORA (99.1 KM) - PORTS: ROBAL (24.9 KM), ALMIRANTE (33.8 KM), CHIRIQUI GRANDE (40.8 KM), BOCAS DEL TORO (46.3 KM), PEDREGAL (69.1 KM), GOLFITO (85.6 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (89.4 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (93.8 KM), PARIDA ISLAND (97.9 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: SUN, 02 APR 2017 23:54:33 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 APR 2017 01:54:33 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 APR 2017 17:54:33 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 APR 2017 14:54:33 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 APR 2017 06:54:33 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 03 APR 2017 00:12:47 (18 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$AND;EPISODEID=1162563 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2289716 292 175 1487376 189 150 1260164 160 125 974429 124 100 828436 105 75 624715 80 50 183583 23 20 11133 1 10 1492 0 5 333 0 2 74 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 23 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 APR 2017 18:24:38 LOCAL TIME. 02 APR 2017 18:24:38 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PANAMA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3246 PPP$ (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 PANAMA 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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