WOCA40 EJRC 121947 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 PANAMA * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 12 MAY 2019 19:24:52 UTC (ABOUT 12 MAY 2019 13:53:47 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHIRIQUI IN PANAMA. FILO DE CAISÁN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DOMINICAL (3.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (14.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.1 M - DEPTH: 37.26 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.6919 | -82.7684 - COUNTRY: PANAMA - PROVINCE: CHIRIQUI(PROVINCE) - REGION: PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 12 MAY 2019 19:24:52 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 12 MAY 2019 13:53:47 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (14.3 KM), COTO 47 (24.1 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (25.7 KM), FINCA 63 (33 KM), GOLFITO (45.6 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (48.1 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (49.5 KM), GUALACA (52.7 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (61.1 KM), BUENOS AIRES (81.2 KM), PALMAR SUR (82.2 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (85 KM), FINCA 67 (87.3 KM), CAPTAIN MANUEL NINO (89.3 KM), BOCAS DEL TORO (91.6 KM) - PORTS: GOLFITO (44.1 KM), PUERTO ARMUELLES (46.9 KM), PEDREGAL (51.5 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (54 KM), ROBAL (66.3 KM), CHIRIQUI GRANDE (76.8 KM), ALMIRANTE (77.5 KM), PARIDA ISLAND (78.8 KM), BOCAS DEL TORO (92.1 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: SUN, 12 MAY 2019 19:24:52 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAY 2019 21:24:52 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAY 2019 13:24:52 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAY 2019 10:24:52 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAY 2019 02:24:52 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 12 MAY 2019 19:47:29 (22 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$AND;EPISODEID=1259990 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3061178 390 175 1503254 191 150 1253296 160 125 1005143 128 100 840255 107 75 596050 76 50 476768 61 20 76111 10 10 10205 1 5 1745 0 2 108 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 61 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 12 MAY 2019 13:53:47 LOCAL TIME. 12 MAY 2019 13:53:47 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PANAMA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3246 PPP$ (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 PANAMA 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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