WONT40 EJRC 290152 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 PUERTO RICO * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 DEC 2019 01:21:14 UTC (ABOUT 28 DEC 2019 20:54:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PONCE IN PUERTO RICO. COROZAL THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: COROZAL (1.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MERCEDITA (15.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 5 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.8928 | -66.7303 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO - PROVINCE: PONCE(DISTRICT) - REGION: PUERTO RICO REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 DEC 2019 01:21:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 DEC 2019 20:54:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MERCEDITA (15.6 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (15.7 KM), FORT ALLEN (21.1 KM), SANTA ISABEL (34.1 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (35.1 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (35.9 KM), PARGUERA (39.4 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (40.9 KM), LAJAS AIRPARK (41.6 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (45.2 KM), BOQUERON (48.9 KM), SABALOS WARD (49.6 KM), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (52.3 KM), CULLINGFORD FIELD (52.3 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (56.5 KM), LABADIE (57.3 KM), DORADO (59.7 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (64.9 KM), BORINQUEN (65.3 KM), REXACH OFFICE BUILDING (69.6 KM), PATILLAS (71.7 KM), PRTC OFFICE BUILDING (72.1 KM), ISLA GRANDE (75.1 KM), STATE GOVERNMENT NUMBER ONE (77.4 KM), PRASA-BARBOSA (77.6 KM), LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL (82.8 KM), BOQUERON (90.9 KM), HUMACAO (94.2 KM) - PORTS: GUAYANILLA (11.4 KM), PONCE (12 KM), GUANICA HARBOUR (24.7 KM), ARECIBO (44.3 KM), MAYAGUEZ (50.8 KM), LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (52.8 KM), LAS MAREAS (57.7 KM), AGUADILLA (62.5 KM), ARROYO (67.6 KM), SAN JUAN (72.9 KM), MAUNABO (83.7 KM), YABUCOA (90.7 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 29 DEC 2019 01:21:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 DEC 2019 02:21:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2019 19:21:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 DEC 2019 16:21:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 DEC 2019 09:21:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 DEC 2019 01:52:28 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1287853 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3684617 469 175 3578056 456 150 3577989 456 125 3566990 454 100 3472196 442 75 2636053 336 50 1228755 156 20 294774 38 10 82166 10 5 19047 2 2 895 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 156 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 DEC 2019 20:54:18 LOCAL TIME. 28 DEC 2019 20:54:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES PUERTO RICO 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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