WONA40 EJRC 071515 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 07 NOV 2020 15:03:54 UTC (ABOUT 07 NOV 2020 05:04:10 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. KNIK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BIG LAKE (4.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BIG LAKE (3.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 29.6 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.4593 | -149.9311 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 NOV 2020 15:03:54 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 07 NOV 2020 05:04:10 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BIG LAKE (3.3 KM), TWIN LAKE (6.5 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (9.2 KM), HUNT STRIP (12.4 KM), SATTERBURGS (12.9 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (14.2 KM), VISNAW LAKE (14.8 KM), GOOSE BAY (15.6 KM), NANCY LAKE (17.7 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (17.8 KM), WICKER (21.2 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (22.2 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (22.4 KM), BIRCHWOOD (23.4 KM), WASILLA LAKE (25.1 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (25.2 KM), MEMORY LAKE (26.1 KM), WILLOW (26.3 KM), HILLTOP (26.5 KM), DESHKA LANDING (27.1 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (27.3 KM), GATTIS STRIP (29.1 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (29.5 KM), THOMAS STRIP (31.1 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (31.6 KM), SLEEPERS STRIP (31.7 KM), COLBERG (32.4 KM), BRYANT AHP (32.4 KM), POINT MACKENZIE (32.8 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (33.1 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (33.2 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (35.3 KM), MERRILL FIELD (35.6 KM), LAUB (35.6 KM), FOUR CORNERS (37.7 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (39.2 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (39.7 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (39.8 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (40.5 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (42.1 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (42.5 KM), JEWELL (42.9 KM), HARDEE FIELD (43.5 KM), FIRE ISLAND (43.5 KM), ABI (45.5 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (45.6 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (47 KM), FLYING CROWN (47.6 KM), RABBIT CREEK (50.5 KM), BOLD (51.9 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (54.9 KM), SECLUDED LAKE (55.2 KM), MONTANA CREEK (60.8 KM), PARKER LAKE (64.8 KM), HOPE (71.4 KM), BELUGA (74.3 KM), GIRDWOOD (75 KM), GRAHAM (78.8 KM), SKWENTNA (84.5 KM), TYONEK (84.6 KM), TALKEETNA (88.6 KM), SOUTH GASLINE (94.6 KM) - PORTS: ANCHORAGE (36.6 KM), PALMER (40.6 KM), TYONEK (85.6 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: SAT, 07 NOV 2020 15:03:54 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2020 16:03:54 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2020 09:03:54 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2020 06:03:54 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 NOV 2020 23:03:54 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 NOV 2020 15:16:00 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1342200 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 456851 58 175 451820 58 150 444697 57 125 415979 53 100 407670 52 75 405504 52 50 398996 51 20 21479 3 10 4713 1 5 1612 0 2 272 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 51 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 07 NOV 2020 05:04:10 LOCAL TIME. 07 NOV 2020 05:04:10 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES 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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