WEPZ40 EJRC 110213 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 CHILE * ***************************************************** SUMMARY ON 11 NOV 2015 01:54:36 UTC (ABOUT 10 NOV 2015 21:06:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.6 OCCURRED IN THE SPARSELY POPULATED REGION OF ATACAMA IN CHILE. 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 0.2 M, OCCURRING AT COQUIMBO (CHILE) AT 1/1/2006 12:13:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 6.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -29.35 | -72.14 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: COQUIMBO(REGION) - REGION: OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 11 NOV 2015 01:54:36 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 NOV 2015 21:06:02 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :GREEN TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: N/A - PORTS: CRUZ GRANDE (82 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 11 NOV 2015 01:54:36 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 NOV 2015 02:54:36 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 NOV 2015 19:54:36 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 NOV 2015 16:54:36 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 NOV 2015 09:54:36 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 11 NOV 2015 02:13:29 (18 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$AND;EPISODEID=1105753 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 11 NOV 2015 02:07 COQUIMBO CHILE 0.2 11 NOV 2015 02:07 EL ROMERAL CHILE 0.2 11 NOV 2015 02:07 TRIGO BLANCO CHILE 0.2 11 NOV 2015 02:07 GUAYACßN CHILE 0.2 11 NOV 2015 02:10 TOTORALILLO CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:09 PUNTA TEATIN CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:10 EL RINC=N CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:12 LA SERENA CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:12 LA COMPA'FA CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:13 GUANAQUERO CHILE 0.1 11 NOV 2015 02:23 CHOROS BAJOS CHILE 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1105753 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 607607 77 175 566427 72 150 404229 51 125 365522 47 100 9506 1 75 641 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 10 NOV 2015 21:06:02 LOCAL TIME. 10 NOV 2015 21:06:02 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 36% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1639 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. 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