WOCA40 EJRC 022132 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 02 AUG 2017 21:25:19 UTC (ABOUT 02 AUG 2017 16:43:38 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PERAVIA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. BANILEJO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: APOLINAR (3.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CONSTANZA (45.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.613 | -70.417 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: PERAVIA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 02 AUG 2017 21:25:19 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 AUG 2017 16:43:38 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CONSTANZA (45.6 KM), HERRERA (49.9 KM), ANGELINA COTUI (61 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (70.2 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (81.6 KM), BARAHONA HABANERO (84.5 KM), SAN JUAN DE LA M. (89.5 KM), SANTIAGO MUNICIPAL (90 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO VIEJO DE AZUA (34.8 KM), AZUA (36.2 KM), LAS CALDERAS (45.2 KM), RIO HAINA (46.9 KM), PALENQUE (52.3 KM), PUERTO VIEJO DE AZUA (53 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (57.9 KM), BARAHONA (83.6 KM), BOCA CHICA (87.2 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: WED, 02 AUG 2017 21:25:19 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 AUG 2017 23:25:19 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 AUG 2017 15:25:19 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 AUG 2017 12:25:19 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 AUG 2017 04:25:19 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 02 AUG 2017 21:32:46 (7 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$AND;EPISODEID=1176205 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11601599 1477 175 10598756 1349 150 9526093 1213 125 8547682 1088 100 7282753 927 75 5383442 685 50 2000192 255 20 92226 12 10 25133 3 5 9513 1 2 2697 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 255 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 AUG 2017 16:43:38 LOCAL TIME. 02 AUG 2017 16:43:38 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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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