WOPA40 EJRC 011303 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 01 NOV 2018 11:13:10 UTC (ABOUT 01 NOV 2018 05:41:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNTARENAS IN COSTA RICA. LOS PLANCITOS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CABECERA DE SAN BARTOLO (9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (18.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.2462 | -83.0311 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: PUNTARENAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 NOV 2018 11:13:10 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 NOV 2018 05:41:02 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (18.3 KM), COTO 47 (39.5 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (43.4 KM), FINCA 63 (44.7 KM), GOLFITO (47.7 KM), SAN VITO DE JAVA (64.2 KM), ENRIQUE MALEK INTERNATIONAL (67.3 KM), LAS TIERRAS ALTAS (70.1 KM), GUALACA (85.4 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (90.5 KM), PALMAR SUR (91.3 KM) - PORTS: PUERTO ARMUELLES (19.2 KM), GOLFITO (44.1 KM), PUERTO JIMENEZ (50.9 KM), PEDREGAL (67.2 KM), PARIDA ISLAND (76.6 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, 01 NOV 2018 11:13:10 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2018 12:13:10 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2018 06:13:10 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2018 03:13:10 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 NOV 2018 19:13:10 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 NOV 2018 13:03:17 (110 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$AND;EPISODEID=1234647 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1515551 193 175 1157861 147 150 1024270 130 125 713329 91 100 602794 77 75 481268 61 50 167654 21 20 30076 4 10 909 0 5 56 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 21 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 NOV 2018 05:41:02 LOCAL TIME. 01 NOV 2018 05:41:02 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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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