WONA40 EJRC 062218 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 06 DEC 2018 21:45:11 UTC (ABOUT 06 DEC 2018 11:45:11 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY CITY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAY CITY (5.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GOOSE BAY (9.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 40.3 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.3458 | -149.9987 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 DEC 2018 21:45:11 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 DEC 2018 11:45:11 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GOOSE BAY (9.8 KM), SLEEPERS STRIP (10.6 KM), POINT MACKENZIE (10.9 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (14.4 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (15.1 KM), MERRILL FIELD (16.8 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (19.1 KM), BRYANT AHP (20.6 KM), FIRE ISLAND (21.7 KM), BIG LAKE (23.3 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (24 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (26.5 KM), TWIN LAKE (27.5 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (27.7 KM), FLYING CROWN (27.7 KM), BIRCHWOOD (28.1 KM), HILLTOP (30.9 KM), RABBIT CREEK (30.9 KM), HUNT STRIP (32.3 KM), SATTERBURGS (34.4 KM), VISNAW LAKE (35.5 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (36.1 KM), WICKER (37 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (37.6 KM), NANCY LAKE (37.8 KM), HARDEE FIELD (38 KM), WASILLA LAKE (40.9 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (41 KM), DESHKA LANDING (43.4 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (43.5 KM), MEMORY LAKE (44 KM), GATTIS STRIP (44.8 KM), COLBERG (45.5 KM), WILLOW (45.6 KM), FOUR CORNERS (47.5 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (47.8 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (47.9 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (49.4 KM), THOMAS STRIP (49.9 KM), LAUB (50.2 KM), JEWELL (51.3 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (51.3 KM), HOPE (53.2 KM), BOLD (54 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (54.7 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (55.9 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (56.1 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (56.3 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (59.2 KM), BELUGA (59.3 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (59.5 KM), ABI (59.8 KM), GIRDWOOD (63.2 KM), TYONEK (68.2 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (71.4 KM), SOUTH GASLINE (72.9 KM), SECLUDED LAKE (75.8 KM), MONTANA CREEK (81 KM), PARKER LAKE (81.2 KM), SUMMIT LAKE (82.7 KM), NIKOLAI CREEK (86.3 KM), WEST PAPOOSE LAKE AIRPARK (90.7 KM), SKWENTNA (93.7 KM), WHITTIER (93.8 KM), GRAHAM (94.3 KM), QUARTZ CREEK (97.4 KM), OFFSHORE STSTEMS-KENAI (97.8 KM), SKILAK BLM HELISTOP (99.6 KM), CARTY'S AIRSTRIP (100.2 KM), ROTOR AIR (100.3 KM) - PORTS: ANCHORAGE (16 KM), PALMER (52.2 KM), TYONEK (69 KM), WHITTIER (95.9 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: THU, 06 DEC 2018 21:45:11 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2018 22:45:11 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2018 15:45:11 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2018 12:45:11 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 DEC 2018 05:45:11 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 DEC 2018 22:18:51 (33 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$AND;EPISODEID=1240205 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 443733 56 175 436126 56 150 434952 55 125 426792 54 100 394183 50 75 386599 49 50 355905 45 20 138531 18 10 344 0 5 62 0 2 8 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 45 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 DEC 2018 11:45:11 LOCAL TIME. 06 DEC 2018 11:45:11 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES 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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