WOCA40 EJRC 030942 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 03 JUN 2018 09:13:21 UTC (ABOUT 03 JUN 2018 04:34:55 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MONTE PLATA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CABA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CARRIZAL (6.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SABANA DE LA MAR (31.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 83.27 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.9417 | -69.6064 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: MONTE PLATA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 03 JUN 2018 09:13:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 03 JUN 2018 04:34:55 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SABANA DE LA MAR (31.3 KM), ARROYO BARRIL (37.6 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (48.2 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (54.8 KM), HERRERA (61.2 KM), ANGELINA COTUI (65.2 KM), LA ROMANA (93 KM) - PORTS: SANCHEZ (33.5 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (36.7 KM), SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA (44.4 KM), BOCA CHICA (52.6 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (55.1 KM), SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS (63.2 KM), RIO HAINA (68.7 KM), LA ROMANA (91.1 KM), PALENQUE (98.5 KM) 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, 03 JUN 2018 09:13:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUN 2018 11:13:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUN 2018 03:13:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUN 2018 00:13:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUN 2018 16:13:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 03 JUN 2018 09:42:37 (29 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$AND;EPISODEID=1212952 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9973091 1270 175 9553837 1216 150 8938060 1138 125 7785368 991 100 6493121 827 75 5072117 646 50 813771 104 20 62387 8 10 7897 1 5 2834 0 2 75 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 104 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 03 JUN 2018 04:34:55 LOCAL TIME. 03 JUN 2018 04:34:55 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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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