WOCA40 EJRC 190304 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 COSTA RICA * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 19 AUG 2018 02:20:33 UTC (ABOUT 18 AUG 2018 20:48:00 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNTARENAS IN COSTA RICA. GOLFITO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAJO CEDROS (2.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GOLFITO (10.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 21.27 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.7322 | -83.1336 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: PUNTARENAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 19 AUG 2018 02:20:33 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 18 AUG 2018 20:48:00 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GOLFITO (10.1 KM), FINCA 63 (11.6 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (21.8 KM), COTO 47 (23.2 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (28.5 KM), PALMAR SUR (44.1 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (45.9 KM), LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (51.8 KM), BUENOS AIRES (52.7 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (59.3 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (85.6 KM), GUALACA (92.7 KM) - PORTS: GOLFITO (12.2 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (16.4 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (58.8 KM), PEDREGAL (87.1 KM), DOMINICAL (94.6 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, 19 AUG 2018 02:20:33 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 AUG 2018 04:20:33 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2018 20:20:33 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2018 17:20:33 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 AUG 2018 09:20:33 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 19 AUG 2018 03:04:15 (43 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$AND;EPISODEID=1224760 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4369002 556 175 3248320 414 150 1391592 177 125 989606 126 100 806323 103 75 447657 57 50 235373 30 20 28594 4 10 9308 1 5 2716 0 2 44 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 30 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 18 AUG 2018 20:48:00 LOCAL TIME. 18 AUG 2018 20:48:00 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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 COSTA RICA 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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