WEPW40 EJRC 310106 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. ************************************************************* * GREEN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN NEW CALEDONIA * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 31 OCT 2017 00:42:13 UTC (ABOUT 31 OCT 2017 11:57:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.8 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF NEW CALEDONIA IN NEW CALEDONIA. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.0 M, OCCURRING AT TAWANNFDRE (NEW CALEDONIA) AT 1/1/2006 12:22:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 6.8 M - DEPTH: 29.37 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -21.8874 | 168.874 - COUNTRY: NEW CALEDONIA - PROVINCE: - REGION: LOYALTY ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 OCT 2017 00:42:13 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 OCT 2017 11:57:42 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: N/A 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, 31 OCT 2017 00:42:13 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 OCT 2017 01:42:13 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2017 19:42:13 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 OCT 2017 16:42:13 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 OCT 2017 08:42:13 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 OCT 2017 01:06:29 (24 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$AND;EPISODEID=1185685 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 31 OCT 2017 01:04 TAWANNFDRE NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:09 KURINE NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 00:59 HNADID NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:23 WAHO NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:23 YATE NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:05 MTDU NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:41 VAO NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:09 UMETCH VANUATU 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:04 WABAO NEW CALEDONIA 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:09 ISINO VANUATU 0.0 31 OCT 2017 01:09 ANELGHOWHAT VANUATU 0.0 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1185685 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7299 1 175 5582 1 150 5510 1 125 787 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 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 31 OCT 2017 11:57:42 LOCAL TIME. 31 OCT 2017 11:57:42 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. NEW CALEDONIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 17376 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 NEW CALEDONIA 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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