WOPW40 EJRC 241826 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 24 AUG 2018 16:29:02 UTC (ABOUT 25 AUG 2018 02:17:40 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.3 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MOROBE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. SINGOR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: WASU (6.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: WASU (14.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.3 M - DEPTH: 77.13 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -5.9107 | 147.1592 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: MOROBE(PROVINCE) - REGION: EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 AUG 2018 16:29:02 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 25 AUG 2018 02:17:40 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: WASU (14.1 KM), INDAGEN (19.4 KM), KELANOA (38.6 KM), DERIM (43.3 KM), SAPMANGA (49.2 KM), BAINDOUNG (52.2 KM), SIALUM (53.1 KM), KASANOMBE (54.6 KM), KABWUM (58.8 KM), KONGE (59.3 KM), SIWEA (59.7 KM), DINANGAT (60.6 KM), MINDIK (60.9 KM), OGERANANG (60.9 KM), BAWAN (61.2 KM), LONG ISLAND (62.6 KM), YALUMET (66.6 KM), BOANA (67.6 KM), KISENGAN (69 KM), MASA (71.5 KM), LOWAI (78 KM), NANKINA (79 KM), PINDIU (80.3 KM), SAIDOR (83.3 KM), WANTOAT (85.5 KM), SATWAG (87.1 KM), NADZAB (87.2 KM), SINGAUA (87.3 KM), MAKINI (92.5 KM), BILIAU (96.7 KM) - PORTS: LAE (93.3 KM) 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: FRI, 24 AUG 2018 16:29:02 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2018 18:29:02 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2018 10:29:02 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2018 07:29:02 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2018 23:29:02 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 AUG 2018 18:26:27 (117 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$AND;EPISODEID=1225672 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1277823 163 175 933795 119 150 653311 83 125 499502 64 100 367125 47 75 89839 11 50 45612 6 20 10565 1 10 1607 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 6 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 25 AUG 2018 02:17:40 LOCAL TIME. 25 AUG 2018 02:17:40 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 PPP$ (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. 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