WOPQ40 EJRC 271225 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 27 JUL 2016 11:56:15 UTC (ABOUT 27 JUL 2016 20:14:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF EASTERN VISAYAS IN PHILIPPINES. LILO-AN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ORMOC (6.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ORMOC (12.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 35 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 10.952 | 124.613 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: EASTERN VISAYAS(REGION) - REGION: LEYTE, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 27 JUL 2016 11:56:15 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 JUL 2016 20:14:42 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ORMOC (12.8 KM), PHILPHOS (19.6 KM), DANIEL Z ROMUALDEZ (54.6 KM), BILIRAN NATL (71.1 KM), MAASIN (86.6 KM), CATBALOGAN (97.4 KM), MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL (99.1 KM) - PORTS: ORMOC (5.5 KM), PORT BELLO (8.6 KM), MERIDA (9.4 KM), PILAR (17.9 KM), ISABEL (19.6 KM), PALOMPON (27.5 KM), BAYBAY (35.5 KM), VILLABA (37.6 KM), TANAUAN (46.6 KM), LEYTE (51.1 KM), AREVALO (53.2 KM), TACLOBAN (53.6 KM), CALUBIAN (59.1 KM), SAN ISIDRO (59.2 KM), BORBON (65 KM), BOGO (67.8 KM), TALALORA (68.7 KM), SOGOD BAY (69.8 KM), SOGOD (74.8 KM), LAGOME (75.8 KM), CARMEN (76.1 KM), SANTA FE (90.7 KM), TUBURAN (90.8 KM), MAASIN (94.2 KM), CATBALOGAN (94.3 KM), MALITBOG (96.9 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: WED, 27 JUL 2016 11:56:15 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUL 2016 13:56:15 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUL 2016 05:56:15 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUL 2016 02:56:15 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUL 2016 18:56:15 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 27 JUL 2016 12:25:57 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1135041 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 15851702 2018 175 12475118 1588 150 10313136 1313 125 8242257 1049 100 4648379 592 75 2858814 364 50 1575201 201 20 394207 50 10 188473 24 5 25938 3 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 201 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 JUL 2016 20:14:42 LOCAL TIME. 27 JUL 2016 20:14:42 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1138 PPP$ (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 PHILIPPINES 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. 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