WOPN40 EJRC 312329 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 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN * ******************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 31 MAY 2019 22:58:08 UTC (ABOUT 01 JUN 2019 08:19:49 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KANTO IN NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. ICHINOMIYA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: OHARA (4.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SHIMOSHIZU (48.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 20.9 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 35.2782 | 140.422 - COUNTRY: NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - PROVINCE: KANTO(REGION) - REGION: NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 MAY 2019 22:58:08 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 JUN 2019 08:19:49 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SHIMOSHIZU (48.1 KM), KISARAZU (48.4 KM), TOKYO NARITA INTERNATIONAL (54.1 KM), TATEYAMA (62.8 KM), TOKYO HANEDA INTERNATIONAL (65.7 KM), RYUGASAKI SOUTH (67.9 KM), SHIMOFUSA (68.7 KM), RYUGASAKI (72.4 KM), YOKOHAMA (74.7 KM), (86.7 KM), ATSUGI (90.5 KM), CHOFU (92.2 KM), KATSNER AAF (97 KM), CHIBA-KEN (98.5 KM) - PORTS: KATSUURA KO (19.6 KM), GOI (40.5 KM), CHIBA (45.5 KM), ANEGASAKI (46.5 KM), KISARAZU (47.2 KM), KATUNAN KO (59.2 KM), TATEYAMA (60.6 KM), CHOSHI (62.8 KM), KAWASAKI (66.3 KM), KURIHAMA (66.5 KM), YOKOSUKA (69.5 KM), OGASAWARA (72.3 KM), NEGHISI (72.9 KM), KASHIMA (73.5 KM), YOKOHAMA (73.9 KM), TOKYO (77.1 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, 31 MAY 2019 22:58:08 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2019 00:58:08 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAY 2019 16:58:08 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAY 2019 13:58:08 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2019 05:58:08 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 MAY 2019 23:29:56 (31 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$AND;EPISODEID=1262473 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 45307247 5769 175 43043881 5481 150 40265972 5127 125 36715644 4675 100 29394837 3743 75 10362419 1319 50 1865598 238 20 156878 20 10 38333 5 5 18564 2 2 113 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 238 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 JUN 2019 08:19:49 LOCAL TIME. 01 JUN 2019 08:19:49 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, 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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