WEPW40 EJRC 270729 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA * **************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 27 NOV 2017 07:11:12 UTC (ABOUT 27 NOV 2017 17:24:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF NEW IRELAND IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. ULAM THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ULAM (17.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SILUR (20.2 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.0 M, OCCURRING AT LAT (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) AT 1/1/2006 12:05:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6 M - DEPTH: 57.77 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -4.6187 | 153.2105 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: NEW IRELAND(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 27 NOV 2017 07:11:12 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 NOV 2017 17:24:02 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SILUR (20.2 KM), LAMASSA (50.7 KM), MANGA (56 KM), MALEKOLON (83.9 KM), RAKANDA (96.5 KM), TOKUA (97.2 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: MON, 27 NOV 2017 07:11:12 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2017 08:11:12 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2017 01:11:12 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2017 22:11:12 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2017 15:11:12 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 27 NOV 2017 07:29:01 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1189136 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 27 NOV 2017 07:16 LAT PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:15 GANAI PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:15 WATPI PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:15 KIG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:15 KAPASALIAO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:14 KAIT PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:16 SEMALU PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:17 WATWAT PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:14 NASKO PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:18 SIAMAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 27 NOV 2017 07:17 BALADA PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1189136 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 359423 46 175 298524 38 150 247226 31 125 169201 22 100 51722 7 75 9766 1 50 4306 1 20 375 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 NOV 2017 17:24:02 LOCAL TIME. 27 NOV 2017 17:24:02 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. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 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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