WOXX40 EJRC 251832 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 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. * ************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 25 OCT 2019 17:17:52 UTC (ABOUT 26 OCT 2019 03:11:32 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF WEST NEW BRITAIN IN NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.. AUMO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AUMO (20.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LABLAB (51.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 103.42 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -5.9305 | 148.4203 - COUNTRY: NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. - PROVINCE: WEST NEW BRITAIN(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 OCT 2019 17:17:52 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 OCT 2019 03:11:32 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LABLAB (51.1 KM), CAPE GLOUCESTER GLOUCESTER (52.1 KM), SATWAG (52.7 KM), KONGE (89.8 KM), SIALUM (92.7 KM), MINDIK (94.4 KM), FINSCHHAFEN (98 KM), MASA (98.7 KM) - PORTS: ARAWE HARBOUR (74.5 KM), GILAU (84.4 KM), FINSCHHAVEN (92.9 KM), DREGER HARBOR (98.7 KM) 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: FRI, 25 OCT 2019 17:17:52 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2019 19:17:52 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2019 11:17:52 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2019 08:17:52 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 OCT 2019 00:17:52 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 OCT 2019 18:32:12 (74 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$AND;EPISODEID=1276015 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 476650 61 175 231814 30 150 191949 24 125 143822 18 100 92521 12 75 38279 5 50 22944 3 20 1382 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 3 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 OCT 2019 03:11:32 LOCAL TIME. 26 OCT 2019 03:11:32 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G. 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