WOAE40 EJRC 281524 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 28 DEC 2018 11:46:59 UTC (ABOUT 28 DEC 2018 19:49:48 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CENTRAL LUZON IN PHILIPPINES. GATIAUIN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SAN VICENTE (6.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CLARK AB (17.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 142.72 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 15.2485 | 120.7066 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: CENTRAL LUZON(REGION) - REGION: LUZON, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 DEC 2018 11:46:59 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 DEC 2018 19:49:48 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CLARK AB (17.2 KM), BASA AB (37 KM), FORT MAGSAYSAY (46 KM), SUBIC BAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPT (68.7 KM), IBA (79.7 KM), SANGLEY POINT AB (86 KM), NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL (88.2 KM), LUZON IS CUBI PT (88.9 KM) - PORTS: SUBIC BAY (64.2 KM), NAVOTAS (69.6 KM), MANILA (77.9 KM), IBA (80 KM), BATAAN (83.5 KM), MASINLOC (87.2 KM), CAVITE (87.6 KM), MARIVELES (93.4 KM), DAGUPAN CITY (99 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, 28 DEC 2018 11:46:59 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2018 12:46:59 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2018 05:46:59 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2018 02:46:59 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2018 19:46:59 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 DEC 2018 15:24:01 (217 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$AND;EPISODEID=1242914 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 44676522 5688 175 43178766 5498 150 39938257 5085 125 35718885 4548 100 31047248 3953 75 16627016 2117 50 6932201 883 20 1540494 196 10 213468 27 5 37245 5 2 6784 1 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 883 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 DEC 2018 19:49:48 LOCAL TIME. 28 DEC 2018 19:49:48 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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. 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