WONA40 EJRC 032045 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. ************************************************* * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 03 FEB 2016 20:31:30 UTC (ABOUT 03 FEB 2016 10:18:40 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF ALASKA IN UNITED STATES. DRIFT RIVER THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KIJIK (69.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PORT ALSWORTH (78.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 138 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 60.649 | -153.205 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: ALASKA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN ALASKA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 03 FEB 2016 20:31:30 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 03 FEB 2016 10:18:40 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PORT ALSWORTH (78.7 KM), DRIFT RIVER (57.5 KM), TRADING BAY PRODUCTION (78.9 KM) - PORTS: DRIFT RIVER (55.7 KM), SNUG HARBOR (69.9 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: WED, 03 FEB 2016 20:31:30 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 FEB 2016 21:31:30 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 FEB 2016 14:31:30 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 FEB 2016 11:31:30 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 FEB 2016 04:31:30 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 03 FEB 2016 20:45:53 (14 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$AND;EPISODEID=1118390 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 298983 38 175 47472 6 150 46419 6 125 33815 4 100 230 0 75 2 0 50 1 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 03 FEB 2016 10:18:40 LOCAL TIME. 03 FEB 2016 10:18:40 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 73% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 3354 M. SINCE THIS IS A HIGH SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS HIGH. 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