WOFE40 EJRC 221445 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 CHINA * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 22 NOV 2017 14:20:09 UTC (ABOUT 22 NOV 2017 22:22:56 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TAIWAN IN CHINA. CHIH-CHIH-YA-SHE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HA-LI-WEI (3.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: HIGHWAY STRIP 260 (29.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 14.58 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 23.5111 | 120.6971 - COUNTRY: CHINA - PROVINCE: TAIWAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: TAIWAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 NOV 2017 14:20:09 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 NOV 2017 22:22:56 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: HIGHWAY STRIP 260 (29.9 KM), CHIAYI (31.5 KM), SUN MOON LAKE (47.8 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 206 (53.4 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 296 298 (54.8 KM), KUEI JEN (72.5 KM), TAICHUNG (74.7 KM), HIGHWAY STRIP 331 334 (79 KM), TAINAN (79.8 KM), CHING CHUAN KANG AB (83.8 KM), KANGSHAN (92.2 KM), PINGTUNG NORTH (92.5 KM), FENG NIN (93.6 KM), TAITUNG (93.8 KM), PINGTUNG SOUTH (96 KM) - PORTS: TAI NAN (64.9 KM), AN PING CHIANG (79.3 KM), TAICHUNG (82 KM), TAI TUNG (93.4 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, 22 NOV 2017 14:20:09 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 NOV 2017 15:20:09 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 NOV 2017 08:20:09 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 NOV 2017 05:20:09 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 NOV 2017 22:20:09 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 NOV 2017 14:45:56 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1188707 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 21878268 2786 175 15081035 1920 150 13338783 1698 125 12383665 1577 100 9642468 1228 75 5974682 761 50 2030805 259 20 81197 10 10 12797 2 5 3948 1 2 591 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 259 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 NOV 2017 22:22:56 LOCAL TIME. 22 NOV 2017 22:22:56 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHINA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 769 PPP$ (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 CHINA 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. 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