WOAE40 EJRC 290654 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 SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA * **************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 MAR 2016 06:24:48 UTC (ABOUT 29 MAR 2016 13:14:06 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BENGKULU IN SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA. KOTATANDJUNG THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: EMBONGPANDJANG (37.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LUBUKLINGGAU (83.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 158.24 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -2.8226 | 102.3265 - COUNTRY: SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA - PROVINCE: SUMATERA SELATAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 MAR 2016 06:24:48 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 29 MAR 2016 13:14:06 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LUBUKLINGGAU (83.1 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: TUE, 29 MAR 2016 06:24:48 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 MAR 2016 08:24:48 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 MAR 2016 00:24:48 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 MAR 2016 21:24:48 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 MAR 2016 13:24:48 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 MAR 2016 06:54:36 (29 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$AND;EPISODEID=1123595 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6537760 832 175 5003371 637 150 3997773 509 125 2948224 375 100 1720321 219 75 843776 107 50 289540 37 20 3333 0 10 242 0 5 23 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 37 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 29 MAR 2016 13:14:06 LOCAL TIME. 29 MAR 2016 13:14:06 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 SOUTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 45% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2899 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 MESSAGE 001