WOPA40 EJRC 142047 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 EL SALVADOR * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 14 FEB 2020 20:16:29 UTC (ABOUT 14 FEB 2020 14:22:34 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF USULUTAN IN EL SALVADOR. CORRAL DE MULAS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CORRAL DE MULAS (43.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LA CARRERA (55.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 67.36 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 12.8076 | -88.4786 - COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR - PROVINCE: - REGION: OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 14 FEB 2020 20:16:29 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 FEB 2020 14:22:34 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LA CARRERA (55.8 KM), TAMARINDO (73 KM), EL PLAYON (77.8 KM), EL PAPALON (80.2 KM), EL SALVADOR INTERNATIONAL (94 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO EL TRIUNFO (51.3 KM), LA UNION (90.3 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: FRI, 14 FEB 2020 20:16:29 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 FEB 2020 21:16:29 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 FEB 2020 14:16:29 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 FEB 2020 11:16:29 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 FEB 2020 04:16:29 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 14 FEB 2020 20:47:27 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1296290 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9479544 1207 175 6844526 871 150 5285740 673 125 2958932 377 100 1248154 159 75 389868 50 50 10510 1 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 FEB 2020 14:22:34 LOCAL TIME. 14 FEB 2020 14:22:34 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. EL SALVADOR HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1752 PPP$ (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 EL SALVADOR 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. 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