WOXX40 EJRC 180959 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 ECUADOR * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 18 AUG 2019 09:28:29 UTC (ABOUT 18 AUG 2019 04:11:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CANAR IN ECUADOR. EL ACHINOTE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: EL ACHINOTE (1.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LA CAROLINA (12.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 88.13 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -2.3203 | -79.2932 - COUNTRY: ECUADOR - PROVINCE: CANAR(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 18 AUG 2019 09:28:29 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 18 AUG 2019 04:11:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LA CAROLINA (12.5 KM), LA PUNTILLA (16.8 KM), SAN CARLOS (23.1 KM), TAURA (43.5 KM), SIMON BOLIVAR INTERNATIONAL (68.1 KM), LA CLEMENTINA (68.6 KM), GUABITAL (69.9 KM), MARISCAL LAMAR (71.7 KM), BABAHOYO NORTH (73.4 KM), MARTINICA (73.9 KM), HACIENDA LA JULIA (74 KM), MARAGROSA (81.6 KM), LOMA LARGA (93 KM) - PORTS: GUAYAQUIL (66.5 KM), DURAN (66.6 KM), PRTMARITIMO (67.7 KM), PUNA (82.9 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: SUN, 18 AUG 2019 09:28:29 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2019 11:28:29 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2019 03:28:29 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2019 00:28:29 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 AUG 2019 16:28:29 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 18 AUG 2019 09:59:29 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1270155 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10210594 1300 175 8796493 1120 150 7730481 984 125 6233527 794 100 5417755 690 75 4223360 538 50 643267 82 20 139573 18 10 25531 3 5 11338 1 2 4073 1 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 82 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 18 AUG 2019 04:11:18 LOCAL TIME. 18 AUG 2019 04:11:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ECUADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1419 PPP$ (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 ECUADOR 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