WOCA40 EJRC 010254 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 EL SALVADOR * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 01 MAR 2019 02:01:28 UTC (ABOUT 28 FEB 2019 20:07:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF USULUTAN IN EL SALVADOR. EL PULGUERO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TEMPISQUE (5.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: EL PLAYON (26.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 200.06 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.5684 | -88.5404 - COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR - PROVINCE: USULUTAN(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: EL SALVADOR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 MAR 2019 02:01:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 FEB 2019 20:07:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: EL PLAYON (26.7 KM), LA CARRERA (28.6 KM), EL PAPALON (46.9 KM), LOS COMANDOS (49.9 KM), EL SALVADOR INTERNATIONAL (57.5 KM), ERANDIQUE (63.9 KM), ILOPANGO INTERNATIONAL (64.2 KM), SANTA ROSA DE LIMA (73.3 KM), LA ESPERANZA (80.7 KM), TAMARINDO (81.8 KM), MARCALA (83.1 KM), RIO SUCIO HIGHWAY STRIP (92.7 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO EL TRIUNFO (33.5 KM), LA UNION (80 KM), LA LIBERTAD (84.9 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: FRI, 01 MAR 2019 02:01:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 MAR 2019 03:01:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 FEB 2019 20:01:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 FEB 2019 17:01:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 MAR 2019 10:01:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 MAR 2019 02:54:03 (52 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$AND;EPISODEID=1250600 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12782988 1628 175 11122980 1416 150 8341945 1062 125 6425233 818 100 5225678 665 75 3753338 478 50 1510088 192 20 166861 21 10 57563 7 5 15860 2 2 1050 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 192 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 FEB 2019 20:07:18 LOCAL TIME. 28 FEB 2019 20:07:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. EL SALVADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1752 PPP$ (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 EL SALVADOR 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