WOAM40 EJRC 302214 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 CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE * ************************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 30 NOV 2017 21:48:35 UTC (ABOUT 30 NOV 2017 23:43:35 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KIVU IN CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE. HOGOLA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LUBIMBI (4.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KAMEMBE (27.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -2.6578 | 28.7523 - COUNTRY: CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE - PROVINCE: KIVU(REGION) - REGION: LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 30 NOV 2017 21:48:35 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 30 NOV 2017 23:43:35 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KAMEMBE (27.5 KM), BUKAVU KAVUMU (38.8 KM), BUJUMBURA (96.5 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: THU, 30 NOV 2017 21:48:35 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 NOV 2017 22:48:35 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 NOV 2017 15:48:35 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 NOV 2017 12:48:35 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 DEC 2017 05:48:35 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 30 NOV 2017 22:14:58 (26 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$AND;EPISODEID=1189556 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 27473185 3498 175 22968543 2924 150 17299732 2203 125 12418903 1581 100 6974434 888 75 4383068 558 50 3109428 396 20 472914 60 10 103630 13 5 19995 3 2 3866 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 396 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 30 NOV 2017 23:43:35 LOCAL TIME. 30 NOV 2017 23:43:35 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 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