WEPZ40 EJRC 162305 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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. *************************************** * ORANGE TSUNAMI ALERT IN CHILE * *************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 SEP 2015 22:54:26 UTC (ABOUT 16 SEP 2015 18:06:50 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.9 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF COQUIMBO IN CHILE. VALPARAÏ¿½SO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: VALPARAÏ¿½SO (173.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: AUCO (74.8 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 2.4 M, OCCURRING AT QUILLAICILLO (CHILE) AT 1/1/2006 12:08:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 7.9 M - DEPTH: 33 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -31.5 | -71.9 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: COQUIMBO(REGION) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 SEP 2015 22:54:26 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 SEP 2015 18:06:50 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: COGOTI (92.2 KM) - AIRPORTS: AUCO (74.8 KM) - PORTS: LOS VILOS (59.6 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 16 SEP 2015 22:54:26 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 SEP 2015 00:54:26 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2015 16:54:26 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2015 13:54:26 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 SEP 2015 05:54:26 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 SEP 2015 23:05:36 (11 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$AND;EPISODEID=1097285 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 16 SEP 2015 23:02 QUILLAICILLO CHILE 2.4 16 SEP 2015 23:01 MAITENCILLO CHILE 2.4 16 SEP 2015 23:08 CONCHALF CHILE 1.8 16 SEP 2015 23:06 LOS VILOS CHILE 1.8 16 SEP 2015 23:10 GAUCHAL CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:10 CHIGUALOCO CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:09 HUENTELAUQUT CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:09 MINCHA CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:08 TOTORALILLO CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:10 PICHIDANGUI CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:10 QUILIMARF CHILE 1.7 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1097285 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2128421 271 175 987527 126 150 417677 53 125 288627 37 100 126704 16 75 59121 8 50 8894 1 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 SEP 2015 18:06:50 LOCAL TIME. 16 SEP 2015 18:06:50 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. CHILE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 5121 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CHILE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 51% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 3708 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. 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 AND TSUNAMI MESSAGE 001