WOAE40 EJRC 110546 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. ************************************************ * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN PHILIPPINES * ************************************************ SUMMARY ON 11 AUG 2017 05:28:25 UTC (ABOUT 11 AUG 2017 13:31:15 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN TAGALOG IN PHILIPPINES. NASUGBU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TUY (2.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FERNANDO AB (45.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.2 M - DEPTH: 168.15 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 14.0064 | 120.709 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN TAGALOG(REGION) - REGION: LUZON, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 11 AUG 2017 05:28:25 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 11 AUG 2017 13:31:15 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FERNANDO AB (45.3 KM), SANGLEY POINT AB (58 KM), NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL (64.7 KM), LUBANG (67.2 KM), MAMBURAO (89.1 KM), LUCENA (96.6 KM) - PORTS: CALACA (12.1 KM), NASUGBU (12.5 KM), PAGAPAS (17.7 KM), TABANGOA (43.8 KM), BATANGAS (45.9 KM), MARIVELES (52.9 KM), BATAAN (55.7 KM), CAVITE (56.6 KM), TILIC (59 KM), MANILA (70 KM), PALUAN (70.9 KM), NAVOTAS (77.1 KM), CALAPAN / BATANGAS (81.6 KM), MAMBURAO (88.5 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 11 AUG 2017 05:28:25 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 AUG 2017 07:28:25 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 AUG 2017 23:28:25 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 AUG 2017 20:28:25 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 AUG 2017 12:28:25 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 11 AUG 2017 05:46:02 (17 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$AND;EPISODEID=1177031 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 39860324 5075 175 37585647 4786 150 35213538 4484 125 32751399 4170 100 28795909 3666 75 14502440 1847 50 3581712 456 20 705729 90 10 395872 50 5 102685 13 2 12862 2 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 456 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 11 AUG 2017 13:31:15 LOCAL TIME. 11 AUG 2017 13:31:15 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES A MEDIUM 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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