WOCA40 EJRC 292300 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 PANAMA * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 MAR 2021 22:16:01 UTC (ABOUT 29 MAR 2021 16:44:32 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHIRIQUI IN PANAMA. FINCA CAOBA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: FINCA CAOBA (0.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (15.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 23.47 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.4074 | -82.8669 - COUNTRY: PANAMA - PROVINCE: CHIRIQUI(PROVINCE) - REGION: PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 MAR 2021 22:16:01 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 29 MAR 2021 16:44:32 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (15.4 KM), COTO 47 (24.2 KM), FINCA 63 (34.8 KM), GOLFITO (44.1 KM), LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (45.8 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (47.4 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (47.6 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (49.8 KM), GUALACA (62.8 KM), PALMAR SUR (89.4 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (90.2 KM), BUENOS AIRES (98.3 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (14.4 KM), GOLFITO (40.6 KM), PEDREGAL (48.1 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (50.7 KM), PARIDA ISLAND (65.6 KM), ROBAL (94.2 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: MON, 29 MAR 2021 22:16:01 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2021 00:16:01 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 MAR 2021 16:16:01 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 MAR 2021 13:16:01 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2021 05:16:01 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 MAR 2021 23:00:06 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1367608 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1814000 231 175 1215258 155 150 1128040 144 125 893195 114 100 663751 85 75 543019 69 50 410005 52 20 90540 12 10 28545 4 5 9440 1 2 483 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 52 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 29 MAR 2021 16:44:32 LOCAL TIME. 29 MAR 2021 16:44:32 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PANAMA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3246 PPP$ (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 PANAMA 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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