WONA40 EJRC 101000 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 10 SEP 2017 09:47:11 UTC (ABOUT 10 SEP 2017 02:21:23 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF IDAHO IN UNITED STATES. NOUNAN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MANSON (5.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ALLEN H TIGERT AIRPORT (14.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 5 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 42.556399999999996 | -111.448 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: IDAHO(STATE) - REGION: EASTERN IDAHO - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 SEP 2017 09:47:11 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 SEP 2017 02:21:23 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ALLEN H TIGERT AIRPORT (14.7 KM), GRACE COMMUNITY (24.9 KM), BEAR LAKE COUNTY (36.7 KM), BANCROFT MUNICIPAL (39.6 KM), AFTON MUNICIPAL (43.3 KM), LAVA HOT SPRINGS (49.6 KM), HEINER (54.3 KM), DOWNEY HYDE MEMORIAL (58.1 KM), STAR VALLEY RANCH (58.4 KM), J-LAZY-M RANCH (60.1 KM), PRESTON (64.3 KM), COKEVILLE MUNICIPAL (69.7 KM), ALPINE (75.3 KM), LOGAN CACHE (93.6 KM), HUSKEY (94.9 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: SUN, 10 SEP 2017 09:47:11 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 SEP 2017 11:47:11 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 SEP 2017 03:47:11 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 SEP 2017 00:47:11 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 SEP 2017 16:47:11 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 SEP 2017 10:00:32 (13 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$AND;EPISODEID=1180128 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1188999 151 175 920464 117 150 569373 72 125 400149 51 100 81147 10 75 35965 5 50 12217 2 20 1781 0 10 49 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 2 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 SEP 2017 02:21:23 LOCAL TIME. 10 SEP 2017 02:21:23 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES 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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