WOCA40 EJRC 250204 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 COSTA RICA * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 25 NOV 2019 01:33:40 UTC (ABOUT 24 NOV 2019 19:54:59 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALAJUELA IN COSTA RICA. BAJO CALIENTE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ARANCIBIA (6.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CHACARITA (34.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 77.86 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 10.28 | -84.6703 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: ALAJUELA(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 NOV 2019 01:33:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 NOV 2019 19:54:59 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CHACARITA (34.8 KM), LAS CANAS (51.2 KM), JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL (59.7 KM), TOBIAS BOLANOS INTERNATIONAL (68.3 KM), TAMBOR (71.4 KM), UPALA (77.4 KM), PALO ARCO (77.9 KM), PLAYA SAMARA (81.8 KM), LOS CHILES (83.6 KM), RIO FRIO (86.4 KM), NICOYA (87 KM), NICOYA GUANACASTE (87.7 KM), SAN CARLOS (95 KM), GUAPILES (96.1 KM), SAN PEDRO (98.7 KM), CARRILLO (100.2 KM) - PORTS: PUNTARENAS (39.7 KM), CALDERA (41.9 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: MON, 25 NOV 2019 01:33:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2019 02:33:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2019 19:33:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2019 16:33:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2019 09:33:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 NOV 2019 02:04:28 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1280475 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5079162 647 175 4763606 607 150 4564815 581 125 4316981 550 100 3897127 496 75 2182833 278 50 745676 95 20 30040 4 10 5482 1 5 1071 0 2 282 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 95 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 NOV 2019 19:54:59 LOCAL TIME. 24 NOV 2019 19:54:59 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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 COSTA RICA 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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