WONT40 EJRC 191623 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 19 JAN 2020 15:52:19 UTC (ABOUT 19 JAN 2020 11:24:30 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MAYAG?EZ IN PUERTO RICO. FUIG THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ENSENADA (8.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PARGUERA (12.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.9033 | -66.9503 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO - PROVINCE: MAYAG?EZ(DISTRICT) - REGION: PUERTO RICO REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 19 JAN 2020 15:52:19 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 19 JAN 2020 11:24:30 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PARGUERA (12.7 KM), LAJAS AIRPARK (17.9 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (21.8 KM), BOQUERON (24 KM), CULLINGFORD FIELD (24.7 KM), SABALOS WARD (36.7 KM), MERCEDITA (42.7 KM), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (44.3 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (48.1 KM), FORT ALLEN (48.7 KM), SANTA ISABEL (59.8 KM), LABADIE (62 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (67.1 KM), BORINQUEN (68.1 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (68.9 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (77 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (90.4 KM), DORADO (93.3 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (98.7 KM), PATILLAS (99 KM) - PORTS: GUANICA HARBOUR (9.2 KM), GUAYANILLA (23 KM), PONCE (34.3 KM), MAYAGUEZ (39.3 KM), AGUADILLA (62 KM), ARECIBO (68 KM), LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (79.1 KM), LAS MAREAS (83 KM), ARROYO (94.1 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, 19 JAN 2020 15:52:19 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 JAN 2020 16:52:19 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 JAN 2020 09:52:19 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 JAN 2020 06:52:19 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 JAN 2020 23:52:19 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 19 JAN 2020 16:23:19 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1291126 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3678288 468 175 3605066 459 150 3566945 454 125 3386191 431 100 2158604 275 75 1339489 171 50 661731 84 20 89062 11 10 9179 1 5 535 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 84 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 19 JAN 2020 11:24:30 LOCAL TIME. 19 JAN 2020 11:24:30 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (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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