WOPA40 EJRC 051052 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 OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA * *********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 JUN 2019 10:47:18 UTC (ABOUT 05 JUN 2019 02:53:20 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.53 OCCURRED IN THE SPARSELY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA. AVALON THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AVALON (60.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND NALF (25.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: CALTECH - MAGNITUDE: 4.53 M - DEPTH: 7.81 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 32.8111649 | -118.4909973 - COUNTRY: OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 JUN 2019 10:47:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 JUN 2019 02:53:20 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND NALF (25.2 KM), PEBBLY BEACH (61.1 KM), CATALINA (66.2 KM) - PORTS: SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (3.9 KM), SAN CLEMENTE (5.6 KM), EL CAPITAN (10.3 KM), WILSON COVE (22.1 KM), AVALON (61.7 KM), SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (65.5 KM), ISTHMUS COVE (70.8 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: WED, 05 JUN 2019 10:47:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 JUN 2019 12:47:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 JUN 2019 04:47:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 JUN 2019 01:47:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 JUN 2019 17:47:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 JUN 2019 10:52:36 (5 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$AND;EPISODEID=1263164 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 22560615 2873 175 21087193 2685 150 15484576 1972 125 5463395 696 100 4229 1 75 4229 1 50 83 0 20 16 0 10 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 JUN 2019 02:53:20 LOCAL TIME. 05 JUN 2019 02:53:20 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA 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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