WOPA40 EJRC 291309 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 COSTA RICA * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 JAN 2021 12:41:39 UTC (ABOUT 29 JAN 2021 07:09:47 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.6 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNTARENAS IN COSTA RICA. CABECERA DE SAN BARTOLO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LAS PENAS (3.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (13.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.1941 | -82.9664 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: PUNTARENAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 JAN 2021 12:41:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 29 JAN 2021 07:09:47 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (13.9 KM), COTO 47 (45.1 KM), FINCA 63 (51.9 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (52.7 KM), GOLFITO (56.1 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (62.4 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (69.9 KM), LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (71.7 KM), GUALACA (81.7 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (99.6 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (15.1 KM), GOLFITO (52.4 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (59.8 KM), PEDREGAL (62 KM), PARIDA ISLAND (68.7 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: FRI, 29 JAN 2021 12:41:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 JAN 2021 13:41:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 JAN 2021 06:41:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 JAN 2021 03:41:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 JAN 2021 20:41:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 JAN 2021 13:09:09 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1355490 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1357010 173 175 1171065 149 150 941665 120 125 704256 90 100 567307 72 75 463146 59 50 142751 18 20 27971 4 10 2079 0 5 458 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 18 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 29 JAN 2021 07:09:47 LOCAL TIME. 29 JAN 2021 07:09:47 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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 COSTA RICA 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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