WOCA40 EJRC 181154 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 18 SEP 2019 11:23:28 UTC (ABOUT 18 SEP 2019 05:47:27 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAN JOSE IN COSTA RICA. SANTO DOMINGO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SANTO DOMINGO (1.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: QUEPOS MANAGUA (13.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 44.26 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 9.4437 | -84.0036 - COUNTRY: COSTA RICA - PROVINCE: SAN JOSE(PROVINCE) - REGION: COSTA RICA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 18 SEP 2019 11:23:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 18 SEP 2019 05:47:27 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: QUEPOS MANAGUA (13.7 KM), TOBIAS BOLANOS INTERNATIONAL (58.7 KM), JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL (64.9 KM), NUEVO PALMAR SUR (79.9 KM), BUENOS AIRES (79.9 KM), PALMAR SUR (80.2 KM), GUAPILES (88.6 KM), SAN ALBERTO (95.3 KM), SANTA CLARA DE GUAPILES (98.7 KM), RIO FRIO (99.3 KM) - PORTS: QUEPOS (PUERTO QUEPOS) (18.3 KM), DOMINICAL (29.5 KM), CALDERA (93.4 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: WED, 18 SEP 2019 11:23:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 SEP 2019 13:23:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 SEP 2019 05:23:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 SEP 2019 02:23:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 18 SEP 2019 18:23:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 18 SEP 2019 11:54:08 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1271698 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5085873 648 175 4729968 602 150 4399439 560 125 4126906 525 100 3609173 460 75 2967215 378 50 701006 89 20 33786 4 10 7515 1 5 940 0 2 224 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 89 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 18 SEP 2019 05:47:27 LOCAL TIME. 18 SEP 2019 05:47:27 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. COSTA RICA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 3994 PPP$ (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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