WOEW40 EJRC 170746 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 PORTUGAL * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 17 AUG 2017 06:44:57 UTC (ABOUT 17 AUG 2017 06:09:16 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF LISBOA IN PORTUGAL. CASAIS DO MONTE GODELO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CASAIS DO MONTE GODELO (1.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: OTA (4.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 12 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.11 | -8.92 - COUNTRY: PORTUGAL - PROVINCE: LISBOA(DISTRICT) - REGION: PORTUGAL - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 17 AUG 2017 06:44:57 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 17 AUG 2017 06:09:16 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: OTA (4.7 KM), ALVERCA (27.6 KM), ALCOCHETE (40.3 KM), LISBOA (42.6 KM), MONTIJO (46.9 KM), SINTRA (48.5 KM), CASCAIS (58 KM), TANCOS (62.4 KM), SANTA MARGARIDA (62.8 KM), MONTE REAL (79.1 KM) - PORTS: CAPE CARVEIRO (49.6 KM), LISBON (52.2 KM), BARREIRO (54.7 KM), NAZARE (55 KM), CAPE ROCA (62.9 KM), CASCAIS (63 KM), SETUBAL (66.9 KM), CAPE ESPICHEL (82.2 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: THU, 17 AUG 2017 06:44:57 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 AUG 2017 08:44:57 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 AUG 2017 00:44:57 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 AUG 2017 21:44:57 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 AUG 2017 13:44:57 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 17 AUG 2017 07:46:47 (61 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$AND;EPISODEID=1177713 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5660184 721 175 5205447 663 150 4722686 601 125 4300465 548 100 4054152 516 75 3799889 484 50 1520114 194 20 133594 17 10 25491 3 5 4124 1 2 296 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 194 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 17 AUG 2017 06:09:16 LOCAL TIME. 17 AUG 2017 06:09:16 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PORTUGAL HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12309 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES PORTUGAL 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