WOCA40 EJRC 110021 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 EL SALVADOR * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 10 APR 2017 23:53:58 UTC (ABOUT 10 APR 2017 17:57:21 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAN SALVADOR IN EL SALVADOR. BARRIE LA CRUZ THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CALLE REAL (2.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ILOPANGO INTERNATIONAL (8.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.7692 | -89.1525 - COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR - PROVINCE: SAN SALVADOR(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: EL SALVADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 APR 2017 23:53:58 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 APR 2017 17:57:21 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ILOPANGO INTERNATIONAL (8.5 KM), RIO SUCIO HIGHWAY STRIP (23.8 KM), EL SALVADOR INTERNATIONAL (37.7 KM), EL PLAYON (55 KM), LA CARRERA (86.3 KM), ERANDIQUE (89.1 KM), CUCUYAGUA (99.3 KM) - PORTS: LA LIBERTAD (36.6 KM), ACAJUTLA (77.1 KM), PUERTO EL TRIUNFO (85.6 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: MON, 10 APR 2017 23:53:58 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 APR 2017 01:53:58 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 APR 2017 17:53:58 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 APR 2017 14:53:58 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 APR 2017 06:53:58 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 11 APR 2017 00:21:47 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1163572 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 14881647 1895 175 10407068 1325 150 8931417 1137 125 7548101 961 100 6005353 765 75 4712243 600 50 3452006 440 20 1899114 242 10 1155854 147 5 212577 27 2 2978 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 440 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 APR 2017 17:57:21 LOCAL TIME. 10 APR 2017 17:57:21 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. EL SALVADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1752 PPP$ (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 EL SALVADOR 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. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001