WOCA40 EJRC 112148 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 COSTA RICA * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 11 JAN 2018 16:00:26 UTC (ABOUT 11 JAN 2018 10:20:36 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF GUANACASTE IN COSTA RICA. MAQUENCAL THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BAJO LOS CARTAGOS (3.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LAS CANAS (27.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 13.56 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 10.6134 | -84.9572 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: GUANACASTE(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 11 JAN 2018 16:00:26 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 11 JAN 2018 10:20:36 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LAS CANAS (27.4 KM), UPALA (31.5 KM), LOS CHILES (54.6 KM), SAN CARLOS (61.7 KM), LA FLOR (62.8 KM), PLAYA SAMARA (63.9 KM), LIBERIA INTERNATIONAL (64 KM), TAMARINDO (66 KM), NICOYA GUANACASTE (71.7 KM), CHACARITA (72.3 KM), NICOYA (75.3 KM), SANTA CRUZ GUANACASTE (82.2 KM), PALO ARCO (89.2 KM), FLAMINGO (92.6 KM), TAMBOR (97.1 KM) - PORTS: PUNTARENAS (72.4 KM), CALDERA (82.5 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, 11 JAN 2018 16:00:26 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 JAN 2018 17:00:26 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 JAN 2018 10:00:26 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 JAN 2018 07:00:26 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 JAN 2018 00:00:26 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 11 JAN 2018 21:48:31 (348 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$AND;EPISODEID=1193988 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5588736 712 175 4725792 602 150 4323000 550 125 3092699 394 100 1320753 168 75 706477 90 50 227134 29 20 43987 6 10 9755 1 5 2620 0 2 236 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 29 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 11 JAN 2018 10:20:36 LOCAL TIME. 11 JAN 2018 10:20:36 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 COSTA RICA 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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