WOFE40 EJRC 240411 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 JAPAN * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 MAY 2019 03:40:17 UTC (ABOUT 24 MAY 2019 12:57:36 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KANTO IN JAPAN. TAMAGAWA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TAMAGAWA (1.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: HONDA (17.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 111 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.0017 | 139.3324 - COUNTRY: JAPAN - PROVINCE: KANTO(REGION) - REGION: EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 MAY 2019 03:40:17 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 MAY 2019 12:57:36 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: HONDA (17.3 KM), IRUMA (19.1 KM), YOKOTA AFB (28.1 KM), ONISHI (29 KM), SHIMO KOLZUMI (31 KM), TACHIKAWA (33.5 KM), CHOFU (40.7 KM), CHIBA-KEN (42.7 KM), KATSNER AAF (54.5 KM), ATSUGI (61.6 KM), TOKYO HANEDA INTERNATIONAL (64.2 KM), SHIMOFUSA (65.3 KM), YOKOHAMA (65.3 KM), SUZUMENOMIYA (70.8 KM), UTSUNOMIYA (74.6 KM), (77.7 KM), NASHIGAHARA (78 KM), RYUGASAKI (82.6 KM), RYUGASAKI SOUTH (82.8 KM), SHIMOSHIZU (83.9 KM), (84.7 KM), KISARAZU (84.8 KM), FUJI (87 KM), TOKYO NARITA INTERNATIONAL (98.7 KM), HYAKURI (99.6 KM) - PORTS: TOKYO (50.1 KM), OGASAWARA (55 KM), KAWASAKI (65 KM), YOKOHAMA (66.7 KM), KATUNAN KO (69.2 KM), NEGHISI (72.1 KM), ANEGASAKI (82.3 KM), CHIBA (83.4 KM), YOKOSUKA (84.9 KM), KISARAZU (86.5 KM), GOI (86.9 KM), KURIHAMA (94.1 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: FRI, 24 MAY 2019 03:40:17 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2019 05:40:17 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 MAY 2019 21:40:17 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 MAY 2019 18:40:17 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2019 10:40:17 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 MAY 2019 04:11:08 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1261435 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 51746677 6589 175 49039077 6244 150 47347610 6028 125 45001843 5730 100 40977685 5217 75 34798924 4431 50 18370965 2339 20 1603021 204 10 369845 47 5 58116 7 2 1868 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 2339 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 MAY 2019 12:57:36 LOCAL TIME. 24 MAY 2019 12:57:36 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. JAPAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 42318 PPP$ (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 JAPAN 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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