WOSA40 EJRC 221100 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 ECUADOR * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 22 FEB 2019 10:40:41 UTC (ABOUT 22 FEB 2019 05:21:45 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF GUAYAS IN ECUADOR. TAURA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TAURA (1.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TAURA (8.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.5 M - DEPTH: 82.13 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -2.2982 | -79.733 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: GUAYAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 FEB 2019 10:40:41 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 FEB 2019 05:21:45 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: TAURA (8.5 KM), SIMON BOLIVAR INTERNATIONAL (22.8 KM), SAN CARLOS (36.4 KM), LA PUNTILLA (41.5 KM), LA CAROLINA (50.8 KM), GUABITAL (58.3 KM), MARAGROSA (61.7 KM), MARTINICA (63 KM), HACIENDA LA JULIA (68.8 KM), BABAHOYO NORTH (69.3 KM), POSORJA (71.7 KM), LA CLEMENTINA (76.4 KM), LOMA LARGA (92.7 KM) - PORTS: PRTMARITIMO (18.7 KM), GUAYAQUIL (19.3 KM), DURAN (20.3 KM), PUNA (53.8 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: FRI, 22 FEB 2019 10:40:41 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 FEB 2019 11:40:41 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 FEB 2019 04:40:41 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 FEB 2019 01:40:41 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 FEB 2019 18:40:41 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 FEB 2019 11:00:30 (19 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$AND;EPISODEID=1249836 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10260116 1306 175 8942864 1139 150 7583467 966 125 6195852 789 100 4586629 584 75 3982741 507 50 3323658 423 20 833602 106 10 9715 1 5 1502 0 2 743 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 423 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 FEB 2019 05:21:45 LOCAL TIME. 22 FEB 2019 05:21:45 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ECUADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1419 PPP$ (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 ECUADOR 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. 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