WOPQ40 EJRC 311503 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 31 AUG 2018 14:40:29 UTC (ABOUT 31 AUG 2018 22:44:05 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN TAGALOG IN PHILIPPINES. GAMAO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PUERTO GALERA (6.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MAMBURAO (50.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.5 M - DEPTH: 139.95 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.5558 | 120.9025 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN TAGALOG(REGION) - REGION: MINDORO, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 AUG 2018 14:40:29 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 AUG 2018 22:44:05 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MAMBURAO (50.2 KM), FERNANDO AB (50.3 KM), PINAMALAYAN (84.8 KM), LUCENA (87 KM), LUBANG (92.2 KM), PAGBILAO GRANDE ISLAND (98.6 KM) - PORTS: BATANGAS (27.3 KM), TABANGOA (28.1 KM), CALAPAN / BATANGAS (31.5 KM), PAGAPAS (41.6 KM), CALACA (42.8 KM), MAMBURAO (48.4 KM), PALUAN (50.1 KM), NASUGBU (65.7 KM), TILIC (81.3 KM), SABLAYAN (83.2 KM), PINAMALAYAN (85.7 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, 31 AUG 2018 14:40:29 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 AUG 2018 16:40:29 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 AUG 2018 08:40:29 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 AUG 2018 05:40:29 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 AUG 2018 21:40:29 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 AUG 2018 15:03:32 (23 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$AND;EPISODEID=1226544 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 37216886 4739 175 34674551 4415 150 31147374 3966 125 24655030 3139 100 11049102 1407 75 4376912 557 50 1985034 253 20 56388 7 10 22603 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 253 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 AUG 2018 22:44:05 LOCAL TIME. 31 AUG 2018 22:44:05 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES 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