WOSA40 EJRC 052059 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 CHILE * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 MAY 2020 20:25:20 UTC (ABOUT 05 MAY 2020 15:38:43 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF COQUIMBO IN CHILE. ANGOSTURA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LOS HORNITOS (9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SANTA ROSA DE TABALI (26.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 31.77 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -30.5883 | -71.6541 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: COQUIMBO(REGION) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 MAY 2020 20:25:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 MAY 2020 15:38:43 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SANTA ROSA DE TABALI (26.2 KM), OVALLE (48.3 KM), LAS TACAS (61.2 KM), LA FLORIDA (86.4 KM) - PORTS: GUAYACAN (75.1 KM), COQUIMBO (76.3 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: TUE, 05 MAY 2020 20:25:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAY 2020 22:25:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAY 2020 14:25:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 MAY 2020 11:25:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 MAY 2020 03:25:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 MAY 2020 20:59:42 (34 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$AND;EPISODEID=1308924 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 767959 98 175 744259 95 150 728742 93 125 673218 86 100 620515 79 75 219537 28 50 126737 16 20 8154 1 10 2204 0 5 699 0 2 227 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 16 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 MAY 2020 15:38:43 LOCAL TIME. 05 MAY 2020 15:38:43 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHILE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 5121 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CHILE 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