WOSA40 EJRC 280359 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 COLOMBIA * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 28 JUN 2016 03:29:10 UTC (ABOUT 27 JUN 2016 22:37:04 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SANTANDER IN COLOMBIA. PESCADERO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SAN CRISTÏ¿½BAL (135.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MALAGA (33.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 147.2 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 6.8332 | -73.0234 - COUNTRY: COLOMBIA - PROVINCE: SANTANDER(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: NORTHERN COLOMBIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 28 JUN 2016 03:29:10 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 JUN 2016 22:37:04 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MALAGA (33.9 KM), ZAPATOCA (30.1 KM), PALO NEGRO (38.3 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: TUE, 28 JUN 2016 03:29:10 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JUN 2016 05:29:10 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUN 2016 21:29:10 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 JUN 2016 18:29:10 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 28 JUN 2016 10:29:10 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 28 JUN 2016 03:59:27 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1132295 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6468475 824 175 5562809 708 150 4843340 617 125 2902235 370 100 2054689 262 75 1605015 204 50 1370877 175 20 147736 19 10 17530 2 5 5142 1 2 383 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 175 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 JUN 2016 22:37:04 LOCAL TIME. 27 JUN 2016 22:37:04 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COLOMBIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2261 PPP$ (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 COLOMBIA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 91% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 5294 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