WEPW40 EJRC 091402 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 VANUATU * ******************************************************* SUMMARY ON 09 MAY 2017 13:52:12 UTC (ABOUT 10 MAY 2017 01:01:10 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.8 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF VANUATU IN VANUATU. TOLAB THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TOLAB (33.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MAEWO (89.7 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 TAKUMUNA (VANUATU) AT 1/1/2006 12:09:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 6.8 M - DEPTH: 175.4 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -14.518 | 167.243 - COUNTRY: VANUATU - PROVINCE: - REGION: VANUATU ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 09 MAY 2017 13:52:12 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 MAY 2017 01:01:10 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MAEWO (89.7 KM), OLPOI NW SANTO (90.4 KM), WALAHA (96 KM) - PORTS: HOG HARBOR (64.7 KM), BANKS ISLAND (75 KM), TURTLE BAY (83.2 KM), PALIKOULO BAY (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 LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: TUE, 09 MAY 2017 13:52:12 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 MAY 2017 15:52:12 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 MAY 2017 07:52:12 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 MAY 2017 04:52:12 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 MAY 2017 20:52:12 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 09 MAY 2017 14:02:20 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1167142 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 09 MAY 2017 14:01 TAKUMUNA VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:04 TOLAB VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:05 WORA VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:02 MTSABOLO VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:01 HOKUA VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:02 WUNPUKU VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:03 WALPEY VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:11 LEVONU VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:17 AVIRA VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:04 POULLAPPOE VANUATU 0.0 09 MAY 2017 14:07 LOLOPUTPUT VANUATU 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1167142 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 117867 15 175 101017 13 150 87027 11 125 73550 9 100 36096 5 75 10280 1 50 2463 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 MAY 2017 01:01:10 LOCAL TIME. 10 MAY 2017 01:01:10 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. VANUATU HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1347 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 VANUATU 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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