WOSA40 EJRC 130718 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. **************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN PERU * **************************************** SUMMARY ON 13 NOV 2015 06:54:50 UTC (ABOUT 13 NOV 2015 01:51:17 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF LORETO IN PERU. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PALMAS DEL ESPINO (65.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 129.63 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -8.5176 | -75.8865 - COUNTRY: PERU - PROVINCE: LORETO(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: CENTRAL PERU - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 13 NOV 2015 06:54:50 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 13 NOV 2015 01:51:17 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PALMAS DEL ESPINO (65.8 KM), UCHIZA (51.4 KM), AGUAYTIA WEST HIGHWAY STRIP (66.8 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: FRI, 13 NOV 2015 06:54:50 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 NOV 2015 07:54:50 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 NOV 2015 00:54:50 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 NOV 2015 21:54:50 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 NOV 2015 14:54:50 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 13 NOV 2015 07:18:26 (23 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$AND;EPISODEID=1106174 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1672905 213 175 1347755 172 150 871103 111 125 363887 46 100 261269 33 75 190629 24 50 46033 6 20 1770 0 10 96 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 6 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 13 NOV 2015 01:51:17 LOCAL TIME. 13 NOV 2015 01:51:17 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PERU HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2346 PPP$ (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 PERU A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 97% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 5050 M. SINCE THIS IS A HIGH SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS HIGH. 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. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001