WOXX40 EJRC 271914 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 27 FEB 2021 18:59:25 UTC (ABOUT 27 FEB 2021 08:59:22 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.3 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. TUOMI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAY CITY (7.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: POINT MACKENZIE (9.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: ALASKA EC - MAGNITUDE: 5.3 M - DEPTH: 31.3 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 61.3301 | -150.0102 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 27 FEB 2021 18:59:25 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 FEB 2021 08:59:22 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: POINT MACKENZIE (9.5 KM), SLEEPERS STRIP (9.7 KM), GOOSE BAY (11.4 KM), LITTLE SUSITNA (13.7 KM), ELMENDORF AFB (15.1 KM), MERRILL FIELD (16.3 KM), ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL (17.9 KM), FIRE ISLAND (20.2 KM), BRYANT AHP (21.1 KM), CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (23.5 KM), BIG LAKE (24.9 KM), FLYING CROWN (26.8 KM), SETTLERS BAY AIRSTRIP (28.2 KM), TWIN LAKE (29.1 KM), LINCOLN VILLAGE AIRPARK (29.3 KM), BIRCHWOOD (29.5 KM), RABBIT CREEK (30.1 KM), HILLTOP (32.3 KM), HUNT STRIP (33.9 KM), SATTERBURGS (35.8 KM), VISNAW LAKE (37.1 KM), JACK FISH LANDING (37.7 KM), WICKER (38.6 KM), HARDEE FIELD (38.7 KM), NANCY LAKE (39.1 KM), GANNON'S LANDING (39.2 KM), HONEYBEE LAKE AERO PARK (42.2 KM), WASILLA LAKE (42.6 KM), DESHKA LANDING (44.3 KM), SHIRLEY LAKE (44.6 KM), MEMORY LAKE (45.6 KM), GATTIS STRIP (46.4 KM), WILLOW (46.8 KM), COLBERG (47.1 KM), FOUR CORNERS (48.9 KM), B & B BOYS RANCH (49.4 KM), BOISSELLE'S STRIP (49.5 KM), LAUB (50.9 KM), CARDWELL STRIP (51 KM), THOMAS STRIP (51 KM), JEWELL (51.6 KM), HOPE (52.5 KM), SKY RANCH AT PIONEER PEAK (52.9 KM), BOLD (55.1 KM), KASHWITNA LAKE (55.8 KM), PALMER MUNICIPAL (57.5 KM), BUTTE MUNICIPAL (57.6 KM), WASILLA CREEK AIRPARK (57.9 KM), BELUGA (57.9 KM), RUSTIC WILDERNESS (60.4 KM), DOWNWIND LANDING (61 KM), ABI (61.4 KM), GIRDWOOD (63.3 KM), TYONEK (66.7 KM), SOUTH GASLINE (71.6 KM), JONESVILLE MINE (73 KM), SECLUDED LAKE (77.1 KM), SUMMIT LAKE (81.9 KM), PARKER LAKE (82.1 KM), MONTANA CREEK (82.2 KM), NIKOLAI CREEK (84.8 KM), WEST PAPOOSE LAKE AIRPARK (89.4 KM), WHITTIER (93.8 KM), SKWENTNA (93.9 KM), GRAHAM (95.9 KM), OFFSHORE STSTEMS-KENAI (96.2 KM), QUARTZ CREEK (96.3 KM), SKILAK BLM HELISTOP (98.1 KM), CARTY'S AIRSTRIP (98.6 KM), ROTOR AIR (98.7 KM), DUTCH LANDING STRIP (99.8 KM) - PORTS: ANCHORAGE (15.1 KM), PALMER (53.7 KM), TYONEK (67.5 KM), WHITTIER (95.9 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: SAT, 27 FEB 2021 18:59:25 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 FEB 2021 19:59:25 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 FEB 2021 12:59:25 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 FEB 2021 09:59:25 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 FEB 2021 02:59:25 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 27 FEB 2021 19:14:02 (14 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$AND;EPISODEID=1360969 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 460415 59 175 452641 58 150 451755 58 125 444176 57 100 412810 53 75 405079 52 50 372676 47 20 158413 20 10 155 0 5 34 0 2 4 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 47 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 FEB 2021 08:59:22 LOCAL TIME. 27 FEB 2021 08:59:22 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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