WEPZ40 EJRC 140928 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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. ***************************************************** * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN PERU * ***************************************************** SUMMARY ON 14 JAN 2018 09:18:42 UTC (ABOUT 14 JAN 2018 04:20:13 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 7.1 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF AREQUIPA IN PERU. YAUCA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: YAUCA (10.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: YAUCA (14.4 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.8 M, OCCURRING AT LAS TRES QUEBRADAS (PERU) AT 1/1/2006 12:12:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 7.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -15.72 | -74.62 - COUNTRY: PERU - PROVINCE: AREQUIPA(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: NEAR COAST OF PERU - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 14 JAN 2018 09:18:42 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 JAN 2018 04:20:13 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :ORANGE TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: YAUCA (14.4 KM), SAN JUAN DE MARCONA (68.4 KM) - PORTS: SAN JUAN (70.4 KM), SAN NICOLAS (83.1 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 14 JAN 2018 09:18:42 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 JAN 2018 10:18:42 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 JAN 2018 03:18:42 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 JAN 2018 00:18:42 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 JAN 2018 17:18:42 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 14 JAN 2018 09:28:45 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1194241 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 14 JAN 2018 09:30 LAS TRES QUE PERU 0.8 14 JAN 2018 09:31 YAUCA PERU 0.7 14 JAN 2018 09:30 CHAVI'A PERU 0.7 14 JAN 2018 09:29 ATIQUIPA PERU 0.6 14 JAN 2018 09:29 TANACA PERU 0.5 14 JAN 2018 09:33 CANCINO PERU 0.5 14 JAN 2018 09:30 CAMPAMENTO T PERU 0.3 14 JAN 2018 09:32 CHALA VIEJO PERU 0.3 14 JAN 2018 09:37 ANGOSTURA PERU 0.3 14 JAN 2018 09:32 SAN JUAN PERU 0.3 14 JAN 2018 09:31 PUERTO SAN J PERU 0.3 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1194241 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 298281 38 175 228978 29 150 190270 24 125 129789 17 100 53681 7 75 24102 3 50 10620 1 20 1165 0 10 182 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 JAN 2018 04:20:13 LOCAL TIME. 14 JAN 2018 04:20:13 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. PERU HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2346 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 PERU A MEDIUM 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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