WOXX40 EJRC 152334 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 15 JAN 2021 22:48:55 UTC (ABOUT 16 JAN 2021 06:51:46 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN TAGALOG IN PHILIPPINES. NAVOTAS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BUCAL (7.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FERNANDO AB (47.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 159.36 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.8105 | 120.7146 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN TAGALOG(REGION) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 15 JAN 2021 22:48:55 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 JAN 2021 06:51:46 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FERNANDO AB (47.2 KM), LUBANG (65.9 KM), MAMBURAO (67.8 KM), SANGLEY POINT AB (78.5 KM), NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL (83.8 KM), LUCENA (97 KM) - PORTS: PAGAPAS (7 KM), CALACA (14.6 KM), NASUGBU (31.7 KM), TABANGOA (35.1 KM), BATANGAS (36.6 KM), PALUAN (51.8 KM), TILIC (55.7 KM), CALAPAN / BATANGAS (64.9 KM), MAMBURAO (67 KM), MARIVELES (73 KM), CAVITE (77 KM), BATAAN (77.2 KM), MANILA (90.2 KM), NAVOTAS (97.7 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: FRI, 15 JAN 2021 22:48:55 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 JAN 2021 23:48:55 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 JAN 2021 16:48:55 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 JAN 2021 13:48:55 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2021 06:48:55 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 15 JAN 2021 23:34:05 (45 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$AND;EPISODEID=1353123 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 38988757 4964 175 36978677 4708 150 34700007 4418 125 31179475 3970 100 23083173 2939 75 9504342 1210 50 2361761 301 20 366067 47 10 34692 4 5 1071 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 301 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 JAN 2021 06:51:46 LOCAL TIME. 16 JAN 2021 06:51:46 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES 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. 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