WOFE40 EJRC 030947 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 CHINA * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 03 JUL 2018 09:20:58 UTC (ABOUT 03 JUL 2018 17:24:22 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TAIWAN IN CHINA. MIN-SHENG-TS'UN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: FU-HSING (7.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CHIAYI (51.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 23.2618 | 120.8516 - COUNTRY: CHINA - PROVINCE: TAIWAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: TAIWAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 03 JUL 2018 09:20:58 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 03 JUL 2018 17:24:22 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CHIAYI (51.9 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 260 (55.3 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 296 298 (61.6 KM), FENG NIN (61.9 KM), TAITUNG (62 KM), KUEI JEN (66.1 KM), SUN MOON LAKE (69.3 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 331 334 (71.4 KM), PINGTUNG NORTH (72.9 KM), TAINAN (74.4 KM), PINGTUNG SOUTH (76.6 KM), KANGSHAN (80.5 KM), TSO YING (85 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 206 (85.1 KM), GREEN ISLAND (90.8 KM), KAOHSIUNG INTERNATIONAL (91.8 KM) - PORTS: TAI NAN (59 KM), TAI TUNG (61.8 KM), AN PING CHIANG (77 KM), KAOHSIUNG (94.4 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: TUE, 03 JUL 2018 09:20:58 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUL 2018 11:20:58 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUL 2018 03:20:58 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUL 2018 00:20:58 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 JUL 2018 16:20:58 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 03 JUL 2018 09:47:59 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1217667 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 16312371 2077 175 13467959 1715 150 12521053 1594 125 12007421 1529 100 9708581 1236 75 4315548 549 50 718591 91 20 7181 1 10 1135 0 5 682 0 2 3 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 91 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 03 JUL 2018 17:24:22 LOCAL TIME. 03 JUL 2018 17:24:22 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHINA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 769 PPP$ (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 CHINA 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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