WOAE40 EJRC 201928 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 20 OCT 2019 18:39:29 UTC (ABOUT 21 OCT 2019 02:43:39 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN TAGALOG IN PHILIPPINES. AMNAY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CALAMPUAN (3.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PINAMALAYAN (43 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 67.29 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.0859 | 121.0424 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN TAGALOG(REGION) - REGION: MINDORO, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 OCT 2019 18:39:29 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 OCT 2019 02:43:39 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PINAMALAYAN (43 KM), MAMBURAO (49.2 KM), WASIG (77.3 KM), SAN JOSE (80.1 KM), MARINDUQUE (90.3 KM), FERNANDO AB (96.5 KM) - PORTS: CALAPAN / BATANGAS (37.7 KM), SABLAYAN (39 KM), MAMBURAO (46.9 KM), PINAMALAYAN (49.6 KM), BONGABONG (60.3 KM), PALUAN (72.3 KM), BATANGAS (74.2 KM), TABANGOA (76 KM), CAMINAWIT (83.7 KM), GASAN (91.2 KM), PAGAPAS (94.1 KM), CALACA (96.9 KM) 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, 20 OCT 2019 18:39:29 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2019 20:39:29 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2019 12:39:29 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2019 09:39:29 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 OCT 2019 01:39:29 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 OCT 2019 19:28:04 (48 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$AND;EPISODEID=1275448 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 32535182 4143 175 25404163 3235 150 12599477 1604 125 6325522 805 100 3124520 398 75 1444521 184 50 796779 101 20 32944 4 10 1684 0 5 577 0 2 152 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 101 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 OCT 2019 02:43:39 LOCAL TIME. 21 OCT 2019 02:43:39 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES 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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