WEPA40 EJRC 130252 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 COSTA RICA * ********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 13 NOV 2017 02:28:23 UTC (ABOUT 12 NOV 2017 20:50:27 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNTARENAS IN COSTA RICA. CHIRES THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ESTERILLOS ESTE (8.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: QUEPOS MANAGUA (38.6 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.8 M, OCCURRING AT SAN ISIDRO (COSTA RICA) AT 1/1/2006 12:10:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 6.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 9.45 | -84.48 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: SAN JOSE(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 13 NOV 2017 02:28:23 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 12 NOV 2017 20:50:27 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: QUEPOS MANAGUA (38.6 KM), TAMBOR (66.8 KM), JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL (67.1 KM), CHACARITA (67.2 KM), TOBIAS BOLANOS INTERNATIONAL (67.4 KM), PALO ARCO (93.7 KM) - PORTS: QUEPOS (PUERTO QUEPOS) (34.3 KM), CALDERA (56.6 KM), PUNTARENAS (69.6 KM), DOMINICAL (76.1 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: MON, 13 NOV 2017 02:28:23 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 NOV 2017 03:28:23 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 NOV 2017 20:28:23 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 NOV 2017 17:28:23 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 NOV 2017 10:28:23 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 13 NOV 2017 02:52:32 (24 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$AND;EPISODEID=1187318 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 13 NOV 2017 02:38 SAN ISIDRO COSTA RICA 0.8 13 NOV 2017 02:38 QUINA COSTA RICA 0.8 13 NOV 2017 02:40 SAN JULIßN COSTA RICA 0.7 13 NOV 2017 02:40 ESTERILLO ES COSTA RICA 0.7 13 NOV 2017 02:38 GAMALOTILLO COSTA RICA 0.7 13 NOV 2017 02:37 CHIRES COSTA RICA 0.7 13 NOV 2017 02:37 GUAPINOL COSTA RICA 0.7 13 NOV 2017 02:37 LOMA COSTA RICA 0.6 13 NOV 2017 02:37 FINCA LA PAL COSTA RICA 0.6 13 NOV 2017 02:38 FINCA FLOR COSTA RICA 0.6 13 NOV 2017 02:38 MESAS COSTA RICA 0.6 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1187318 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4790855 610 175 4570062 582 150 4175653 532 125 3806414 485 100 3352108 427 75 2489267 317 50 120306 15 20 19143 2 10 4950 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 15 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 12 NOV 2017 20:50:27 LOCAL TIME. 12 NOV 2017 20:50:27 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. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 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 COSTA RICA 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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