WOEW40 EJRC 100713 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 SPAIN * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 10 MAR 2017 06:43:35 UTC (ABOUT 10 MAR 2017 06:36:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF NAVARRA IN SPAIN. ATEZ THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ATEZ (1.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PAMPLONA (18.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 2 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 42.93 | -1.72 - COUNTRY: SPAIN - PROVINCE: NAVARRA(AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY) - REGION: PYRENEES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 10 MAR 2017 06:43:35 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 10 MAR 2017 06:36:42 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PAMPLONA (18.8 KM), SAN SEBASTIAN (47.7 KM), BIARRITZ PARME (61.7 KM), LOGRONO (71.7 KM), BOUCALI (72.7 KM) - PORTS: PASAJES (47.5 KM), SAN SEBASTIAN (48.8 KM), SAINT JEAN DE LUZ (52 KM), GUETARIA (57.5 KM), BIARRITZ (63.1 KM), BAYONNE (66.1 KM), ONDARROA (73.8 KM), LEQUEITIO (79.5 KM), CAPBRETON (83.7 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: FRI, 10 MAR 2017 06:43:35 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 07:43:35 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 00:43:35 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 MAR 2017 21:43:35 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAR 2017 14:43:35 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 10 MAR 2017 07:13:37 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1160077 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5550065 707 175 5139062 654 150 3859317 491 125 2608563 332 100 1960495 250 75 1324896 169 50 746509 95 20 320209 41 10 7964 1 5 956 0 2 113 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 95 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10 MAR 2017 06:36:42 LOCAL TIME. 10 MAR 2017 06:36:42 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. SPAIN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 16989 PPP$ (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 SPAIN A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A 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