WOSA40 EJRC 221619 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 PERU * **************************************** SUMMARY ON 22 MAY 2021 14:35:52 UTC (ABOUT 22 MAY 2021 09:50:04 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AREQUIPA IN PERU. CHECA ALTA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HUAYNALÉN (3.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MARIANO MELGAR (54.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 61.36 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -17.0444 | -71.4485 - COUNTRY: PERU - PROVINCE: AREQUIPA(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF PERU - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 MAY 2021 14:35:52 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 MAY 2021 09:50:04 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MARIANO MELGAR (54.4 KM), CESAR TORQUE PODESTA (56.6 KM), MOLLENDO (56.7 KM), ILO (73 KM), RODRIGUEZ BALLON (79 KM), VITOR (79.7 KM), SANTA RITA DE SIGUAS (89.5 KM) - PORTS: MOLLENDO (61.5 KM), ILO (68 KM), MATARANI (70.2 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: SAT, 22 MAY 2021 14:35:52 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2021 16:35:52 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2021 08:35:52 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2021 05:35:52 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2021 21:35:52 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 MAY 2021 16:19:56 (104 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$AND;EPISODEID=1376532 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1910270 243 175 1669486 213 150 1322318 168 125 1218547 155 100 1150901 147 75 1016754 129 50 13765 2 20 355 0 10 9 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 2 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 MAY 2021 09:50:04 LOCAL TIME. 22 MAY 2021 09:50:04 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PERU HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2346 PPP$ (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 PERU 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. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001