WOPW40 EJRC 081318 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA * **************************************************** SUMMARY ON 08 FEB 2021 12:34:20 UTC (ABOUT 08 FEB 2021 22:17:58 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MADANG IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MARAGA HOOK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MARAGA HOOK (17.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ILEG (16.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 64.36 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -5.361 | 145.9113 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: MADANG(PROVINCE) - REGION: EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 08 FEB 2021 12:34:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 08 FEB 2021 22:17:58 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ILEG (16.1 KM), MADANG (21.7 KM), TEPTEP (29.7 KM), TAUTA (48.6 KM), BILIAU (54.5 KM), USINO (55.2 KM), DUMPU (55.2 KM), KOPIAGO (60.1 KM), KAR KAR (64.3 KM), SAIDOR (67.7 KM), BRAHMAN (71 KM), GUSAP (76.4 KM), NANKINA (79.3 KM), MOKI (82.3 KM), WANUMA (83.3 KM), BUNDI (87.3 KM), WANTOAT (93.5 KM), GOROKA (98.4 KM), ARONA (98.5 KM) - PORTS: MADANG (19.9 KM), SEK HARBOR (31.9 KM), KARKAR ISLAND (77.8 KM), LONG ISLAND (93.7 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: MON, 08 FEB 2021 12:34:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 FEB 2021 13:34:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 FEB 2021 06:34:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 FEB 2021 03:34:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 FEB 2021 20:34:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 08 FEB 2021 13:18:44 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1357182 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2394589 305 175 1804070 230 150 1485964 189 125 963349 123 100 480916 61 75 221154 28 50 115203 15 20 25009 3 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 15 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 08 FEB 2021 22:17:58 LOCAL TIME. 08 FEB 2021 22:17:58 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 PPP$ (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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 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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