WOSA40 EJRC 261259 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 COLOMBIA * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 26 JAN 2019 12:32:27 UTC (ABOUT 26 JAN 2019 07:29:22 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF HUILA IN COLOMBIA. SANTA MARÍA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PALMABRAVA (5.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: HERRERA (26.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 2.9902 | -75.7693 - COUNTRY: COLOMBIA - PROVINCE: HUILA(DEPARTMENT) - REGION: COLOMBIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 26 JAN 2019 12:32:27 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 JAN 2019 07:29:22 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: HERRERA (26.6 KM), PLANADAS (35.1 KM), YAGUARA (44.8 KM), BENITO SALAS (53 KM), SAN JACINTO (65.7 KM), GEN NAVAS PARDO (87.1 KM), ALFONSO BONILLA ARAGON INTERNATIONAL (91.5 KM), LA JAGUA (91.8 KM), LA PRIMAVERA (96 KM), MARCO FIDEL SUAREZ AIR BASE (96 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SAT, 26 JAN 2019 12:32:27 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 JAN 2019 13:32:27 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 JAN 2019 06:32:27 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 JAN 2019 03:32:27 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 JAN 2019 20:32:27 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 26 JAN 2019 12:59:37 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1246286 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9090916 1157 175 8121554 1034 150 6251443 796 125 5431884 692 100 4384607 558 75 1012538 129 50 151743 19 20 16861 2 10 1614 0 5 400 0 2 37 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 19 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 JAN 2019 07:29:22 LOCAL TIME. 26 JAN 2019 07:29:22 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COLOMBIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2261 PPP$ (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 COLOMBIA 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. 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