WOXX40 EJRC 260945 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 TIMOR-LESTE * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 26 NOV 2020 09:01:14 UTC (ABOUT 26 NOV 2020 17:18:12 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TIMOR-LESTE IN TIMOR-LESTE. PANT MACASSAR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PANT MACASSAR (30.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: OCUSSI HUMBERTE (36.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 119.82 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -8.9615 | 124.245 - COUNTRY: TIMOR-LESTE - PROVINCE: - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 NOV 2020 09:01:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 NOV 2020 17:18:12 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: OCUSSI HUMBERTE (36.2 KM), ATAMBUA HALIWEN (82.9 KM), ALOR (96.3 KM), MALI (99.4 KM) - PORTS: ATAPUPU (68.9 KM), ALOR ISLAND (83.5 KM), KALABAHI (87.2 KM), LOMBLEN ISLAND (96.1 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 26 NOV 2020 09:01:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 10:01:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 03:01:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 00:01:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 17:01:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 NOV 2020 09:45:34 (44 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$AND;EPISODEID=1344967 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3433966 437 175 3275147 417 150 2605913 332 125 1965523 250 100 1225177 156 75 549494 70 50 92675 12 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 12 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 NOV 2020 17:18:12 LOCAL TIME. 26 NOV 2020 17:18:12 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TIMOR-LESTE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES TIMOR-LESTE A MEDIUM 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