WONA40 EJRC 262156 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 26 NOV 2020 21:12:10 UTC (ABOUT 26 NOV 2020 11:12:11 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. CASWELL THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CASWELL (1.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SECLUDED LAKE (4.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 40.3 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.9841 | -149.9918 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 NOV 2020 21:12:10 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 NOV 2020 11:12:11 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SECLUDED LAKE (4.7 KM), MONTANA CREEK (10.6 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (13.3 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (17.3 KM), THOMAS STRIP (22.4 KM), WILLOW (25.8 KM), PARKER LAKE (26.9 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (28.6 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (30.4 KM), LAUB (30.4 KM), DESHKA LANDING (31 KM), NANCY LAKE (33.3 KM), SATTERBURGS (37.7 KM), TALKEETNA (38 KM), VISNAW LAKE (43.7 KM), JEWELL (44.7 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (45 KM), HUNT STRIP (46.8 KM), TWIN LAKE (47.5 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (47.8 KM), MEMORY LAKE (49 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (50.5 KM), BIG LAKE (50.9 KM), WICKER (53.4 KM), WASILLA LAKE (53.8 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (54.5 KM), GATTIS STRIP (54.7 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (55.5 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (57.2 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (57.5 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (58 KM), COLBERG (61 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (62.7 KM), SKWENTNA (62.9 KM), ABI (63.7 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (64.6 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (65.6 KM), GOOSE BAY (66.2 KM), ERA CHULITNA RIVER (66.2 KM), BIRCHWOOD (67.4 KM), FOUR CORNERS (69 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (69.1 KM), HILLTOP (69.5 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (69.7 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (72.1 KM), NUGGET BENCH (77.4 KM), SLEEPERS STRIP (81.6 KM), GRAHAM (81.7 KM), POINT MACKENZIE (81.9 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (82.1 KM), BRYANT AHP (82.4 KM), MERRILL FIELD (86.1 KM), BOLD (89.1 KM), HARDEE FIELD (89.3 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (90.3 KM), FIRE ISLAND (91.3 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (92.7 KM), FLYING CROWN (98.1 KM) - PORTS: PALMER (67.3 KM), ANCHORAGE (86.7 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: THU, 26 NOV 2020 21:12:10 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 22:12:10 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 15:12:10 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2020 12:12:10 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2020 05:12:10 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 NOV 2020 21:56:40 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1345051 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 446143 57 175 432537 55 150 408060 52 125 407693 52 100 401585 51 75 102818 13 50 16993 2 20 949 0 10 284 0 5 122 0 2 29 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 2 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 NOV 2020 11:12:11 LOCAL TIME. 26 NOV 2020 11:12:11 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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