WOXX40 EJRC 260955 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 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. * ************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 26 DEC 2019 09:24:35 UTC (ABOUT 26 DEC 2019 19:27:58 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF WEST NEW BRITAIN IN NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.. LASIBU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LASIBU (1.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BIALLA (28.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 121.95 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -5.4887 | 150.8466 - COUNTRY: NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. - PROVINCE: EAST NEW BRITAIN(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 DEC 2019 09:24:35 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 DEC 2019 19:27:58 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BIALLA (28.1 KM), HOSKINS (49 KM), NUTUVE (61.6 KM), JACQUINOT BAY (75.5 KM), FULLEBORN (75.8 KM), SULE (77.6 KM), GONAILI (80.6 KM), TALASEA (93 KM) - PORTS: KIMBE (77.5 KM), TALASEA (90.5 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: THU, 26 DEC 2019 09:24:35 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 DEC 2019 10:24:35 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 DEC 2019 03:24:35 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 DEC 2019 00:24:35 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 DEC 2019 17:24:35 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 DEC 2019 09:55:31 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1287469 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 364250 46 175 245104 31 150 209726 27 125 188229 24 100 170780 22 75 104174 13 50 50373 6 20 8067 1 10 3850 0 5 429 0 2 210 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 6 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 DEC 2019 19:27:58 LOCAL TIME. 26 DEC 2019 19:27:58 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 PPP$ (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 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. 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. 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