WOCA40 EJRC 011111 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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 01 NOV 2016 11:02:43 UTC (ABOUT 01 NOV 2016 06:23:36 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MONTE PLATA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MONTE PLATA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: EL PRADO (4.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAN ISIDRO AB (23.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NTWC     - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 69 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.716 | -69.776 - COUNTRY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - PROVINCE: MONTE PLATA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 NOV 2016 11:02:43 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 NOV 2016 06:23:36 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SAN ISIDRO AB (23.5 KM), DE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL (33.6 KM), HERRERA (34.1 KM), SABANA DE LA MAR (56.7 KM), ARROYO BARRIL (64.7 KM), ANGELINA COTUI (65.6 KM) - PORTS: SANTO DOMINGO (28.1 KM), BOCA CHICA (34.3 KM), RIO HAINA (41.7 KM), SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS (57.6 KM), SANCHEZ (59 KM), PUERTO BOTADO (63.8 KM), SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA (71 KM), PALENQUE (71.5 KM), LA ROMANA (92.2 KM), LAS CALDERAS (95.9 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: TUE, 01 NOV 2016 11:02:43 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2016 12:02:43 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2016 06:02:43 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2016 03:02:43 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2016 19:02:43 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 NOV 2016 11:11:20 (8 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$AND;EPISODEID=1145151 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9871390 1257 175 9479109 1207 150 8589502 1094 125 7453601 949 100 6424847 818 75 5247117 668 50 3977125 506 20 105031 13 10 14878 2 5 1833 0 2 622 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 506 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 NOV 2016 06:23:36 LOCAL TIME. 01 NOV 2016 06:23:36 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1916 PPP$ (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 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC A LOW 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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