WONA40 EJRC 010317 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 01 JAN 2019 03:03:30 UTC (ABOUT 31 DEC 2018 17:03:33 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. WILSON VILLAGE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAY CITY (8.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SLEEPERS STRIP (5.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 40.4 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.304 | -149.9871 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 JAN 2019 03:03:30 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 DEC 2018 17:03:33 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SLEEPERS STRIP (5.9 KM), POINT MACKENZIE (6.6 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (11.8 KM), MERRILL FIELD (12.5 KM), GOOSE BAY (12.6 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (14.5 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (16.6 KM), FIRE ISLAND (17.9 KM), BRYANT AHP (18.4 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (19.7 KM), FLYING CROWN (23 KM), RABBIT CREEK (26.3 KM), BIG LAKE (27.4 KM), BIRCHWOOD (29.3 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (29.3 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (31.3 KM), TWIN LAKE (31.6 KM), HILLTOP (31.9 KM), HUNT STRIP (36 KM), HARDEE FIELD (36.4 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (38.6 KM), SATTERBURGS (38.9 KM), VISNAW LAKE (39.3 KM), WICKER (39.9 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (41.3 KM), NANCY LAKE (42.5 KM), WASILLA LAKE (43.7 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (45.7 KM), MEMORY LAKE (47.1 KM), GATTIS STRIP (47.4 KM), COLBERG (47.6 KM), DESHKA LANDING (48.1 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (48.2 KM), HOPE (48.7 KM), FOUR CORNERS (48.8 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (50.1 KM), WILLOW (50.3 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (51 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (52 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (53.1 KM), BOLD (53.6 KM), THOMAS STRIP (54.6 KM), LAUB (54.7 KM), JEWELL (55.3 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (57.5 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (57.9 KM), BELUGA (58.6 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (58.9 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (59.4 KM), GIRDWOOD (59.8 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (61.2 KM), ABI (61.9 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (63.9 KM), TYONEK (66.9 KM), SOUTH GASLINE (68.4 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (73.8 KM), SUMMIT LAKE (78.1 KM), SECLUDED LAKE (80.5 KM), NIKOLAI CREEK (85.1 KM), MONTANA CREEK (85.7 KM), PARKER LAKE (85.9 KM), WEST PAPOOSE LAKE AIRPARK (86.1 KM), WHITTIER (90.2 KM), QUARTZ CREEK (92.7 KM), OFFSHORE STSTEMS-KENAI (95.2 KM), SKILAK BLM HELISTOP (95.2 KM), ROTOR AIR (96.3 KM), GRAHAM (96.4 KM), CARTY'S AIRSTRIP (97.4 KM), SKWENTNA (97.6 KM), DUTCH LANDING STRIP (97.6 KM) - PORTS: ANCHORAGE (11.3 KM), PALMER (53.8 KM), TYONEK (67.6 KM), WHITTIER (92.4 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: TUE, 01 JAN 2019 03:03:30 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JAN 2019 04:03:30 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2018 21:03:30 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2018 18:03:30 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JAN 2019 11:03:30 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 JAN 2019 03:17:36 (14 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$AND;EPISODEID=1243344 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 445813 57 175 436281 56 150 435015 55 125 427301 54 100 396721 51 75 386339 49 50 351282 45 20 226005 29 10 2016 0 5 43 0 2 2 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 45 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 DEC 2018 17:03:33 LOCAL TIME. 31 DEC 2018 17:03:33 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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