WONT40 EJRC 280455 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 NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA * *********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 28 JAN 2020 04:24:07 UTC (ABOUT 28 JAN 2020 00:15:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF DELTA AMACURO IN NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA. FULLARTON THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: FULLARTON (29.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PEDERNALES (30.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 40.45 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 10.2118 | -62.1016 - COUNTRY: NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA - PROVINCE: DELTA AMACURO(TERRITORY) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 JAN 2020 04:24:07 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 JAN 2020 00:15:42 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PEDERNALES (30.6 KM), GUIRIA (46.2 KM), PIARCO (93.8 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO PEDERNALES (30.1 KM), GUIRIA (44.8 KM), POINT FORTIN (46 KM), PUERTO DE HIERRO (46.5 KM), BRIGHTON (52.1 KM), CRISTOBAL COLON (53.2 KM), POINT LISAS PORT (70.4 KM), POINT LISAS (70.5 KM), POINTE A PIERRE (71.3 KM), CHAGUARAMAS (71.3 KM), CRONSTADT ISLAND (72.3 KM), TEMBLADORA (76.8 KM), TRINIDAD (79.7 KM), PORT OF SPAIN (79.7 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: TUE, 28 JAN 2020 04:24:07 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2020 05:24:07 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JAN 2020 22:24:07 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JAN 2020 19:24:07 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JAN 2020 12:24:07 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 JAN 2020 04:55:08 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1292876 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2917313 371 175 2665553 339 150 2358977 300 125 1502251 191 100 1149189 146 75 376632 48 50 74361 9 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 9 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 JAN 2020 00:15:42 LOCAL TIME. 28 JAN 2020 00:15:42 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES NEAR COAST OF VENEZUELA 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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