WEXX40 EJRC 071533 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 INDONESIA * ********************************************************* SUMMARY ON 07 JUL 2019 15:08:39 UTC (ABOUT 07 JUL 2019 23:33:33 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.9 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF MALUKU IN INDONESIA. 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 0.2 M, OCCURRING AT TALAPAO (INDONESIA) AT 7/7/2019 3:28:25 PM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.9 M - DEPTH: 24.94 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 0.545 | 126.2284 - COUNTRY: INDONESIA - PROVINCE: - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 JUL 2019 15:08:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 07 JUL 2019 23:33:33 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 MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 07 JUL 2019 15:08:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 JUL 2019 17:08:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 JUL 2019 09:08:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 JUL 2019 06:08:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 JUL 2019 22:08:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 JUL 2019 15:33:45 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1265142 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 07 JUL 2019 15:28 TALAPAO INDONESIA 0.2 07 JUL 2019 15:31 BITUNG INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:31 TANDJUNGMERA INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:43 WAJFOEI INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:32 WATOELINEI INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:32 ROTOTOK INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:27 IMBUIMBU INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:25 SAHU INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:25 BARU INDONESIA 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:17 PASIRPUTIH PALAU 0.1 07 JUL 2019 15:21 MADAHA INDONESIA 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1265142 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2142440 273 175 906036 115 150 340968 43 125 31371 4 100 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 07 JUL 2019 23:33:33 LOCAL TIME. 07 JUL 2019 23:33:33 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. INDONESIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 962 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF LOW RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES INDONESIA A MEDIUM 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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