WOXX40 EJRC 250101 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 25 OCT 2019 00:30:28 UTC (ABOUT 24 OCT 2019 20:05:08 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF GUAYAMA IN PUERTO RICO. CENTRAL AGUIRRE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: JAUCA (7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SANTA ISABEL (8.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.4 M - DEPTH: 8.55 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.889 | -66.3292 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO - PROVINCE: GUAYAMA(DISTRICT) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 OCT 2019 00:30:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 OCT 2019 20:05:08 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SANTA ISABEL (8.9 KM), FORT ALLEN (21.8 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (25 KM), MERCEDITA (27.4 KM), PATILLAS (32.7 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (34.8 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (45.9 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (48.7 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (52.6 KM), REXACH OFFICE BUILDING (58.3 KM), PRTC OFFICE BUILDING (59.1 KM), BOQUERON (59.8 KM), HUMACAO (60.1 KM), DORADO (60.4 KM), PRASA-BARBOSA (62.1 KM), ISLA GRANDE (63.9 KM), STATE GOVERNMENT NUMBER ONE (64.5 KM), LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL (66.7 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (69.7 KM), PARGUERA (76.9 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (77.1 KM), LAJAS AIRPARK (80.5 KM), ROOSEVELT ROADS NS (81.3 KM), DIEGO JIMENEZ TORRES (82 KM), FAJARDO HARBOR (86.3 KM), BOQUERON (87.9 KM), CULLINGFORD FIELD (90.2 KM), VIEQUES (90.9 KM), SABALOS WARD (91.9 KM), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (95.1 KM), CAMP GARCIA VIEQUES (97.7 KM), LABADIE (98.4 KM) - PORTS: LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (13 KM), LAS MAREAS (16.3 KM), ARROYO (27.6 KM), PONCE (34.3 KM), MAUNABO (45.2 KM), GUAYANILLA (47.3 KM), YABUCOA (53.6 KM), GUANICA HARBOUR (59.5 KM), SAN JUAN (60.9 KM), PUERTO DE HUMACAO (67 KM), NAGUABO (70.7 KM), ARECIBO (75.4 KM), ENSENADA HONDA (80.6 KM), FAJARDO (86.6 KM), MAYAGUEZ (93.3 KM), ISABEL SEGUNDA (95.7 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: FRI, 25 OCT 2019 00:30:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2019 02:30:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 OCT 2019 18:30:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 OCT 2019 15:30:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2019 07:30:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 OCT 2019 01:01:31 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1275969 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3709409 472 175 3678052 468 150 3579274 456 125 3578053 456 100 3461492 441 75 2903560 370 50 1077684 137 20 101058 13 10 19748 3 5 4 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 137 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 OCT 2019 20:05:08 LOCAL TIME. 24 OCT 2019 20:05:08 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (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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