WONT40 EJRC 280724 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 FRANCE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 28 APR 2016 06:46:50 UTC (ABOUT 28 APR 2016 06:42:28 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF POITOU-CHARENTES IN FRANCE. ANGOULINS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BORDEAUX (145.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LALEU (11.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 46.04 | -1.09 - COUNTRY: FRANCE - PROVINCE: POITOU-CHARENTES(REGION) - REGION: FRANCE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 APR 2016 06:46:50 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 28 APR 2016 06:42:28 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: BLAYAIS (97.8 KM) - HYDRODAMS: MERVENT (53.7 KM) - AIRPORTS: LALEU (11.9 KM), ST PIERRE D'OLERON (21.6 KM), ST AGNANT (24.4 KM) - PORTS: LA ROCHELLE - LA PALLICE (13.1 KM), LA ROCHELLE (8 KM), FOURAS (10.7 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: THU, 28 APR 2016 06:46:50 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 APR 2016 08:46:50 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 APR 2016 00:46:50 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 APR 2016 21:46:50 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 APR 2016 13:46:50 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 APR 2016 07:24:36 (37 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$AND;EPISODEID=1126771 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6931078 882 175 5721277 728 150 4278422 545 125 2369488 302 100 1487651 189 75 999351 127 50 505210 64 20 169889 22 10 74697 10 5 14480 2 2 3084 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 64 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 28 APR 2016 06:42:28 LOCAL TIME. 28 APR 2016 06:42:28 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. FRANCE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 28959 PPP$ (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 FRANCE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 5% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 256 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. 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