WONA40 EJRC 102219 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 MEXICO * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 10 MAY 2020 22:07:40 UTC (ABOUT 10 MAY 2020 14:23:35 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.54 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN MEXICO. OCOTILLO WELLS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: OCOTILLO WELLS (16.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: OCOTILLO (18 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: CALTECH - MAGNITUDE: 4.54 M - DEPTH: 10.04 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 33.0188332 | -116.0195007 - COUNTRY: MEXICO - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 MAY 2020 22:07:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 MAY 2020 14:23:35 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: OCOTILLO (18 KM), SALTON SEA (25.5 KM), AGUA CALIENTE SPRINGS (26.7 KM), EMORY RANCH (29.9 KM), BORREGO AIR RANCH (30.7 KM), RANCHO VALLECITO (36.8 KM), EL CENTRO NAF (38.7 KM), BORREGO VALLEY (38.9 KM), HUNT'S SKY RANCH (40 KM), PIONEERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (43.9 KM), IMPERIAL COUNTY (46 KM), JACUMBA (46.6 KM), BRAWLEY MUNICIPAL (47 KM), CALIPATRIA MUNICIPAL (48.1 KM), LANDELLS (48.4 KM), DOUTHITT STRIP (52.4 KM), DESERT AIR SKY RANCH (53 KM), JOHNSON BROTHERS (57.7 KM), CALEXICO INTERNATIONAL (61.2 KM), WARNER SPRINGS GLIDERPORT (67.9 KM), FLYING T RANCH (68.7 KM), THERMAL (68.8 KM), HOFFMAN (PRIVATE) (69.2 KM), ON THE ROCKS (71.5 KM), REIDER RANCH (71.8 KM), HOLTVILLE (73.1 KM), LOMA MADERA RANCH (74.3 KM), CHIRIACO SUMMIT (77.3 KM), JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (78.9 KM), KELLY (81.9 KM), JULIAN HINDS PUMP PLANT AIRSTRIP (83.4 KM), RAMONA (83.6 KM), BERMUDA DUNES (84.3 KM), MEXICALI (84.6 KM), SCRIPPS HOSPITAL EAST COUNTY (87.4 KM), WARD RANCH (89.1 KM), EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER (90.3 KM), LAKE RIVERSIDE ESTATES (91.3 KM), HOAG (91.6 KM), GILLESPIE FIELD (91.7 KM), JOHN NICHOL'S FIELD (92.3 KM), LAKE WOHLFORD RESORT (93.6 KM), GROSSMONT HOSPITAL (96 KM), LYALL-ROBERTS (96.7 KM), POMERADO HOSPITAL (96.9 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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, 10 MAY 2020 22:07:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 MAY 2020 00:07:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAY 2020 16:07:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAY 2020 13:07:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 MAY 2020 05:07:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 MAY 2020 22:19:51 (12 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$AND;EPISODEID=1309694 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13907449 1771 175 10472992 1333 150 8489446 1081 125 7146060 910 100 2437238 310 75 980218 125 50 100211 13 20 158 0 10 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 13 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 MAY 2020 14:23:35 LOCAL TIME. 10 MAY 2020 14:23:35 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. MEXICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3613 PPP$ (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 MEXICO 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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