WOCA40 EJRC 161259 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 MAY 2021 12:14:51 UTC (ABOUT 16 MAY 2021 07:33:33 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MONSENOR NOVEL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CAMARÓN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LOS MARTÍNEZ (2.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ANGELINA COTUI (29.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.4 M - DEPTH: 93.18 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.8398 | -70.3239 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: MONSENOR NOVEL(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 MAY 2021 12:14:51 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 MAY 2021 07:33:33 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ANGELINA COTUI (29.4 KM), CONSTANZA (49.4 KM), HERRERA (53.3 KM), SAN ISIDRO AB (65.5 KM), SANTIAGO MUNICIPAL (70.1 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (78.3 KM), ARROYO BARRIL (94 KM), SABANA DE LA MAR (94.1 KM) - PORTS: RIO HAINA (55.2 KM), SANTO DOMINGO (57.5 KM), PUERTO VIEJO DE AZUA (66.6 KM), AZUA (66.9 KM), PALENQUE (74.6 KM), LAS CALDERAS (77.5 KM), SANCHEZ (78.2 KM), BOCA CHICA (82.1 KM), PUERTO VIEJO DE AZUA (84.2 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (92.4 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: SUN, 16 MAY 2021 12:14:51 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 MAY 2021 14:14:51 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 MAY 2021 06:14:51 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 MAY 2021 03:14:51 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 MAY 2021 19:14:51 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 MAY 2021 12:59:28 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1375437 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11829107 1506 175 10922929 1391 150 10039421 1278 125 9300929 1184 100 8039847 1024 75 6557660 835 50 1849594 235 20 208689 27 10 46053 6 5 12224 2 2 180 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 235 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 MAY 2021 07:33:33 LOCAL TIME. 16 MAY 2021 07:33:33 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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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