WONA40 EJRC 271449 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 27 DEC 2018 14:21:13 UTC (ABOUT 27 DEC 2018 04:20:48 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. BAY CITY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAY CITY (13.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: POINT MACKENZIE (5.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 35 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.29 | -150.1027 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 27 DEC 2018 14:21:13 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 DEC 2018 04:20:48 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: POINT MACKENZIE (5.8 KM), SLEEPERS STRIP (8.5 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (12.5 KM), FIRE ISLAND (14 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (14.1 KM), MERRILL FIELD (16.1 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (17.1 KM), GOOSE BAY (18 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (22.7 KM), FLYING CROWN (24.2 KM), BRYANT AHP (24.2 KM), RABBIT CREEK (27.6 KM), BIG LAKE (31.4 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (34.8 KM), BIRCHWOOD (35.6 KM), TWIN LAKE (35.6 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (36 KM), HILLTOP (38.2 KM), HUNT STRIP (40.5 KM), SATTERBURGS (41.7 KM), HARDEE FIELD (42.3 KM), VISNAW LAKE (43.7 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (44.3 KM), NANCY LAKE (44.5 KM), WICKER (45.3 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (45.9 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (47.2 KM), DESHKA LANDING (48.6 KM), WASILLA LAKE (49.2 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (49.3 KM), HOPE (50.2 KM), WILLOW (51.8 KM), BELUGA (52.2 KM), MEMORY LAKE (52.3 KM), GATTIS STRIP (53 KM), JEWELL (53.3 KM), COLBERG (53.6 KM), LAUB (54.5 KM), FOUR CORNERS (55.1 KM), THOMAS STRIP (55.8 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (55.9 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (56.2 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (57.6 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (59.2 KM), BOLD (59.9 KM), TYONEK (60.6 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (60.7 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (63.7 KM), GIRDWOOD (63.8 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (63.9 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (64.5 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (65.2 KM), SOUTH GASLINE (66.2 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (67.3 KM), ABI (67.9 KM), NIKOLAI CREEK (78.7 KM), SUMMIT LAKE (79.1 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (79.6 KM), SECLUDED LAKE (82.3 KM), WEST PAPOOSE LAKE AIRPARK (84.3 KM), PARKER LAKE (85.7 KM), MONTANA CREEK (87.1 KM), OFFSHORE STSTEMS-KENAI (89.5 KM), CARTY'S AIRSTRIP (91.9 KM), SKILAK BLM HELISTOP (92.2 KM), ROTOR AIR (92.3 KM), QUARTZ CREEK (92.3 KM), DUTCH LANDING STRIP (93.3 KM), WHITTIER (94.1 KM), SKWENTNA (94.9 KM), ARNESS LAKE (97.1 KM), MACKEYS LAKES (97.7 KM), DAHLER HOMESTEAD (98.6 KM) - PORTS: ANCHORAGE (13.1 KM), PALMER (60 KM), TYONEK (61.3 KM), WHITTIER (96.5 KM), NIKISKI (97.8 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, 27 DEC 2018 14:21:13 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 DEC 2018 15:21:13 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 DEC 2018 08:21:13 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 DEC 2018 05:21:13 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 DEC 2018 22:21:13 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 27 DEC 2018 14:49:04 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1242784 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 449226 57 175 436989 56 150 435076 55 125 427957 54 100 402697 51 75 385645 49 50 333876 43 20 170982 22 10 208 0 5 72 0 2 14 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 43 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 DEC 2018 04:20:48 LOCAL TIME. 27 DEC 2018 04:20:48 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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