WEPW40 EJRC 191509 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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 AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN NEW CALEDONIA * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 19 MAY 2019 14:56:49 UTC (ABOUT 20 MAY 2019 02:14:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.7 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF NEW CALEDONIA IN NEW CALEDONIA. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.1 M, OCCURRING AT TAWAINEDRE (NEW CALEDONIA) AT 5/19/2019 3:09:39 PM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 6.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -21.661 | 169.474 - COUNTRY: NEW CALEDONIA - PROVINCE: - REGION: SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 19 MAY 2019 14:56:49 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 20 MAY 2019 02:14:42 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: N/A 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, 19 MAY 2019 14:56:49 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2019 16:56:49 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2019 08:56:49 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2019 05:56:49 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2019 21:56:49 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 19 MAY 2019 15:09:59 (13 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$AND;EPISODEID=1260886 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 19 MAY 2019 15:09 TAWAINEDRE NEW CALEDONIA 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:16 UMETCH VANUATU 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:35 GORO NEW CALEDONIA 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:13 MENAKU NEW CALEDONIA 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:28 OMBOUS VANUATU 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:26 MOHOUN'GHA VANUATU 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:10 HNADID NEW CALEDONIA 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:11 KURINE NEW CALEDONIA 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:28 IREUPUOW VANUATU 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:29 WHITE SANDS VANUATU 0.1 19 MAY 2019 15:30 YAWISAGHUWI VANUATU 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1260886 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6791 1 175 6740 1 150 981 0 125 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 20 MAY 2019 02:14:42 LOCAL TIME. 20 MAY 2019 02:14:42 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. NEW CALEDONIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 17376 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 NEW CALEDONIA 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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