WOAM40 EJRC 262047 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 CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE * ************************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 26 MAY 2019 20:16:21 UTC (ABOUT 26 MAY 2019 22:04:25 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SHABA IN CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE. KALONGO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BUNGU BUNGU (2.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KAMATANDA (55 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -11.2528 | 27.0199 - COUNTRY: CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE - PROVINCE: SHABA(REGION) - REGION: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 MAY 2019 20:16:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 MAY 2019 22:04:25 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KAMATANDA (55 KM), MWADINGUSHA (59.1 KM), LUBUMBASHI LUANO INTERNATIONAL (67.2 KM) - 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, 26 MAY 2019 20:16:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 MAY 2019 22:16:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 MAY 2019 14:16:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 MAY 2019 11:16:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 MAY 2019 03:16:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 MAY 2019 20:47:09 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1261816 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3983542 507 175 3113238 396 150 2512293 320 125 2247346 286 100 1999134 255 75 1887493 240 50 555228 71 20 19440 2 10 6841 1 5 501 0 2 169 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 71 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 MAY 2019 22:04:25 LOCAL TIME. 26 MAY 2019 22:04:25 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 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