WOOC40 EJRC 131216 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 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. * ******************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 13 MAY 2021 11:32:12 UTC (ABOUT 13 MAY 2021 21:13:47 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MADANG IN EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.. KURAU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DANARU (4.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KOPIAGO (3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 106.99 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -5.6019 | 145.3969 - COUNTRY: EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. - PROVINCE: MADANG(PROVINCE) - REGION: EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 13 MAY 2021 11:32:12 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 13 MAY 2021 21:13:47 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KOPIAGO (3 KM), BRAHMAN (11.4 KM), USINO (12 KM), MOKI (19.6 KM), BUNDI (24.7 KM), KEGLSUGL (41.6 KM), DUMPU (46.7 KM), ILEG (50.1 KM), GOROKA (53.2 KM), MADANG (61.4 KM), TAUTA (61.6 KM), KOL (66.5 KM), CHIMBU (66.6 KM), NAMBAIYUFA (73.9 KM), WANUMA (78.1 KM), OMKALAI (80 KM), TEPTEP (80.1 KM), GUSAP (80.2 KM), KANAINJ (84.9 KM), KOINAMBE (85.4 KM), MINJ (86 KM), NOMANE (87.1 KM), BANZ (88.7 KM), AIOME (90 KM), KAR KAR (90.1 KM), SANGAPI (90.2 KM), TABIBUGA (90.3 KM), ARONA (95.5 KM), AIYURA (98.2 KM) - PORTS: LONG ISLAND (47.4 KM), MADANG (62 KM), SEK HARBOR (74 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: THU, 13 MAY 2021 11:32:12 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAY 2021 13:32:12 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAY 2021 05:32:12 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAY 2021 02:32:12 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAY 2021 18:32:12 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 13 MAY 2021 12:16:36 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1374931 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2811824 358 175 2499534 318 150 2082111 265 125 1579539 201 100 1228630 156 75 650712 83 50 131853 17 20 19316 2 10 6393 1 5 1014 0 2 50 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 17 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 13 MAY 2021 21:13:47 LOCAL TIME. 13 MAY 2021 21:13:47 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 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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