WEPZ40 EJRC 162319 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. *************************************** * ORANGE TSUNAMI ALERT IN CHILE * *************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 SEP 2015 22:54:30 UTC (ABOUT 16 SEP 2015 18:09:10 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.9 OCCURRED IN THE UNPOPULATED REGION OF TARAPACA IN CHILE. IQUIQUE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: IQUIQUE (127.2 KM). NO CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 1.9 M, OCCURRING AT IQUIQUE (CHILE) AT 1/1/2006 12:21:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 7.9 M - DEPTH: 33 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -19.96 | -71.333 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: TARAPACA(REGION) - REGION: OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 SEP 2015 22:54:30 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 SEP 2015 18:09:10 ============================================================================================================ 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 MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 16 SEP 2015 22:54:30 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 SEP 2015 00:54:30 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2015 16:54:30 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2015 13:54:30 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 SEP 2015 05:54:30 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 SEP 2015 23:19:16 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1097294 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 16 SEP 2015 23:15 IQUIQUE CHILE 1.9 16 SEP 2015 23:13 ALTO HOSPICI CHILE 1.8 16 SEP 2015 23:14 PUNTA NEGRA CHILE 1.8 16 SEP 2015 23:17 SAYA CHILE 1.7 16 SEP 2015 23:14 JUNFN CHILE 1.6 16 SEP 2015 23:14 PISAGUA CHILE 1.6 16 SEP 2015 23:17 CHUCUMATA CHILE 1.6 16 SEP 2015 23:14 PALCA CHILE 1.1 16 SEP 2015 23:16 PATILLOS CHILE 0.9 16 SEP 2015 23:16 CHANABAYA CHILE 0.8 16 SEP 2015 23:22 MORRO DE SAM PERU 0.8 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1097294 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 424858 54 175 234116 30 150 225542 29 125 91 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 16 SEP 2015 18:09:10 LOCAL TIME. 16 SEP 2015 18:09:10 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. CHILE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 5121 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CHILE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 0% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 0 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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