WOOC40 EJRC 161327 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA * **************************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 JAN 2018 13:02:08 UTC (ABOUT 16 JAN 2018 22:38:24 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.4 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF EAST SEPIK IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MUNYATEM THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TAMO (7.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: YENKIS (51.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.4 M - DEPTH: 80.81 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -4.6631 | 144.068 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: EAST SEPIK(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 JAN 2018 13:02:08 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 JAN 2018 22:38:24 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: YENKIS (51.1 KM), AMBOIN (63.4 KM), ANGORAM (66 KM), MUNDUKU MID CAICOS (68.6 KM), ANNANBERG (72.1 KM), RUTI (73.3 KM), SIMBAI (73.7 KM), KOMPIAM (76 KM), TIMBUNKE (79.9 KM), MARAMUNI (84.3 KM), AIOME (90.3 KM), SANGAPI (90.5 KM), SEPIK PLAINS (94.6 KM), KANAINJ (98.1 KM), DAUP (98.2 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: TUE, 16 JAN 2018 13:02:08 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2018 14:02:08 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2018 07:02:08 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2018 04:02:08 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2018 21:02:08 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 JAN 2018 13:27:37 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1194469 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2744476 349 175 2007851 256 150 1490797 190 125 750894 96 100 339432 43 75 112941 14 50 43803 6 20 4773 1 10 1068 0 5 115 0 2 16 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 6 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 JAN 2018 22:38:24 LOCAL TIME. 16 JAN 2018 22:38:24 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 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. 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