WOCA40 EJRC 150646 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 15 AUG 2018 06:15:18 UTC (ABOUT 15 AUG 2018 00:38:29 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAN JOSE IN COSTA RICA. GUAITIL THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HACIENDA TIQUIRES (2.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TOBIAS BOLANOS INTERNATIONAL (28.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 9.7144 | -84.2023 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: SAN JOSE(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 15 AUG 2018 06:15:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 15 AUG 2018 00:38:29 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: TOBIAS BOLANOS INTERNATIONAL (28.2 KM), QUEPOS MANAGUA (30.6 KM), JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL (31.4 KM), CHACARITA (69.9 KM), GUAPILES (71.6 KM), RIO FRIO (77.2 KM), SANTA CLARA DE GUAPILES (83.3 KM), SANTA MARIA DE GUACIMO (88.8 KM), TAMBOR (89.7 KM), SAN PEDRO (91.2 KM), SAN ALBERTO (91.5 KM), EL CARMEN (96.7 KM) - PORTS: QUEPOS (PUERTO QUEPOS) (31.8 KM), CALDERA (60.6 KM), DOMINICAL (65.8 KM), PUNTARENAS (76.1 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: WED, 15 AUG 2018 06:15:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 AUG 2018 08:15:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 AUG 2018 00:15:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 AUG 2018 21:15:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 AUG 2018 13:15:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 15 AUG 2018 06:46:19 (31 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$AND;EPISODEID=1224122 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4955418 631 175 4692036 597 150 4362943 556 125 4072675 519 100 3810913 485 75 3393555 432 50 2851301 363 20 75460 10 10 11257 1 5 1415 0 2 45 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 363 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 15 AUG 2018 00:38:29 LOCAL TIME. 15 AUG 2018 00:38:29 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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 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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