WONT40 EJRC 121341 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 PUERTO RICO * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 12 MAR 2019 13:08:55 UTC (ABOUT 12 MAR 2019 08:44:06 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF GUAYAMA IN PUERTO RICO. PLAYITA MACHETE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PLAYITA MACHETE (1.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PATILLAS (10.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.8187 | -66.2023 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO - PROVINCE: GUAYAMA(DISTRICT) - REGION: PUERTO RICO REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 12 MAR 2019 13:08:55 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 12 MAR 2019 08:44:06 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PATILLAS (10.5 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (25.3 KM), SANTA ISABEL (29 KM), HUMACAO (38.6 KM), BOQUERON (39.6 KM), FORT ALLEN (41.5 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (41.5 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (45.1 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (45.1 KM), MERCEDITA (47.6 KM), PRTC OFFICE BUILDING (49.7 KM), REXACH OFFICE BUILDING (50.2 KM), PRASA-BARBOSA (50.6 KM), STATE GOVERNMENT NUMBER ONE (54.2 KM), LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL (54.2 KM), ISLA GRANDE (54.8 KM), DORADO (58.7 KM), ROOSEVELT ROADS NS (60.1 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (60.9 KM), DIEGO JIMENEZ TORRES (61.5 KM), FAJARDO HARBOR (65.9 KM), VIEQUES (68.7 KM), CAMP GARCIA VIEQUES (75.5 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (80.2 KM), BENJAMIN RIVERA NORIEGA (94.3 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (97.5 KM), PARGUERA (98.4 KM) - PORTS: ARROYO (5.5 KM), LAS MAREAS (6.5 KM), LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (9.5 KM), MAUNABO (23 KM), YABUCOA (31.4 KM), PUERTO DE HUMACAO (45.5 KM), NAGUABO (49.3 KM), SAN JUAN (51.8 KM), PONCE (55.3 KM), ENSENADA HONDA (59.2 KM), FAJARDO (66.1 KM), GUAYANILLA (68.2 KM), ISABEL SEGUNDA (73.5 KM), GUANICA HARBOUR (81.1 KM), ARECIBO (86.4 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: TUE, 12 MAR 2019 13:08:55 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAR 2019 14:08:55 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAR 2019 08:08:55 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAR 2019 05:08:55 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 12 MAR 2019 21:08:55 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 12 MAR 2019 13:41:45 (32 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$AND;EPISODEID=1251983 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3714961 473 175 3709195 472 150 3673981 468 125 3568561 454 100 3132584 399 75 2786206 355 50 1703036 217 20 156448 20 10 62553 8 5 33974 4 2 13831 2 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 217 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 12 MAR 2019 08:44:06 LOCAL TIME. 12 MAR 2019 08:44:06 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES PUERTO RICO 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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