WOFE40 EJRC 072208 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 CHINA * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 07 MAY 2021 21:24:18 UTC (ABOUT 08 MAY 2021 05:27:51 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TAIWAN IN CHINA. T'AO-LIN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LA-CHIA (9.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FENG NIN (22.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 22.7945 | 120.8912 - COUNTRY: CHINA - PROVINCE: TAIWAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: TAIWAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 MAY 2021 21:24:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 08 MAY 2021 05:27:51 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FENG NIN (22.2 KM), TAITUNG (29.7 KM), PINGTUNG NORTH (43.3 KM), PINGTUNG SOUTH (46.2 KM), KAOHSIUNG INTERNATIONAL (60.6 KM), GREEN ISLAND (60.7 KM), TSO YING (63.5 KM), KANGSHAN (64.6 KM), KUEI JEN (65.9 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 331 334 (66.6 KM), TAINAN (72.1 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 296 298 (82 KM), HENGCHUN (85.1 KM), CHIAYI (89.9 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 260 (96.9 KM) - PORTS: TAI TUNG (19.5 KM), TAI NAN (63 KM), KAOHSIUNG (68 KM), AN PING CHIANG (78.7 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, 07 MAY 2021 21:24:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 MAY 2021 23:24:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 MAY 2021 15:24:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 MAY 2021 12:24:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 MAY 2021 04:24:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 MAY 2021 22:08:37 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1374083 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12567188 1600 175 12185626 1552 150 9703152 1235 125 7648550 974 100 6554006 834 75 4947169 630 50 1007544 128 20 24781 3 10 4 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 128 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 08 MAY 2021 05:27:51 LOCAL TIME. 08 MAY 2021 05:27:51 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHINA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 769 PPP$ (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 CHINA 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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