WOCA40 EJRC 161240 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 SEP 2020 12:06:28 UTC (ABOUT 16 SEP 2020 07:26:50 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF DUARTE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. BEBEDERO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AGUA SANTA DEL YUNA (5.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ANGELINA COTUI (40.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 18.79 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 19.155 | -69.9048 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: DUARTE(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 SEP 2020 12:06:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 SEP 2020 07:26:50 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ANGELINA COTUI (40.2 KM), ARROYO BARRIL (43.3 KM), SABANA DE LA MAR (49.8 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (75.3 KM), HERRERA (79.9 KM), SANTIAGO MUNICIPAL (84 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (85 KM), CONSTANZA (97.3 KM), LA UNION (99.7 KM) - PORTS: SANCHEZ (24.7 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (41.5 KM), SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA (53.5 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (77.2 KM), BOCA CHICA (84.4 KM), RIO HAINA (86.1 KM), SOSUA (95.9 KM), SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS (98.5 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: WED, 16 SEP 2020 12:06:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2020 14:06:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2020 06:06:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2020 03:06:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2020 19:06:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 SEP 2020 12:40:45 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1333143 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10515395 1339 175 10099406 1286 150 9601421 1222 125 8924863 1136 100 7745413 986 75 3028119 386 50 824987 105 20 119236 15 10 43256 6 5 10364 1 2 2977 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 105 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 SEP 2020 07:26:50 LOCAL TIME. 16 SEP 2020 07:26:50 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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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