WOOC40 EJRC 260854 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 26 FEB 2018 08:26:59 UTC (ABOUT 26 FEB 2018 18:00:03 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MANU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: WASEMI (4.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MORO (8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6 M - DEPTH: 23.64 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -6.4274 | 143.2706 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 FEB 2018 08:26:59 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 FEB 2018 18:00:03 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MORO (8 KM), PIMAGA (31.6 KM), KAR (31.9 KM), NIPA (34.2 KM), MARGARIMA (44.9 KM), MENDI (52.7 KM), KAGUA (63.1 KM), KANDEP (67 KM), GOBE (70.5 KM), TARI (73.7 KM), KURI (78.1 KM), PURENI (81.6 KM), ERAVE (83.8 KM), WAWOI FALLS (89.7 KM), FUMA (92.8 KM), PANGIA (94 KM), MOUGULU (95.8 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 LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: MON, 26 FEB 2018 08:26:59 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 FEB 2018 09:26:59 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 FEB 2018 02:26:59 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 FEB 2018 23:26:59 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 FEB 2018 16:26:59 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 FEB 2018 08:54:20 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1200669 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2210325 281 175 1901382 242 150 1670073 213 125 1371176 175 100 900477 115 75 506156 64 50 158243 20 20 30086 4 10 15720 2 5 4612 1 2 249 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 20 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 FEB 2018 18:00:03 LOCAL TIME. 26 FEB 2018 18:00:03 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 PPP$ (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. 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