WOAE40 EJRC 150734 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 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES * ********************************************************* SUMMARY ON 15 DEC 2019 07:09:21 UTC (ABOUT 15 DEC 2019 15:30:32 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO IN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES. DAPOC THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BANATE (6.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MALITA (37.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 6.5268 | 125.2987 - COUNTRY: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: SOUTHERN MINDANAO(REGION) - REGION: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 15 DEC 2019 07:09:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 15 DEC 2019 15:30:32 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MALITA (37.8 KM), BUAYAN (47 KM), TAMBLER (56.5 KM), SURALLAH (AALLAH VALLEY) (62.9 KM), FRANCISCO BANGOY INTERNATIONAL (76.5 KM) - PORTS: DADIANGAS (50.2 KM), DALIAO (57.4 KM), TALOMO (63.9 KM), LAMITAN (65.5 KM), DAVAO (69.3 KM), GLAN (77.9 KM), MONSERAT (87.8 KM), TAMBUNGON (89.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SUN, 15 DEC 2019 07:09:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 DEC 2019 08:09:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 DEC 2019 01:09:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 DEC 2019 22:09:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 15 DEC 2019 15:09:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 15 DEC 2019 07:34:37 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1285586 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13144451 1674 175 11846350 1508 150 10889948 1387 125 9046858 1152 100 7133750 908 75 4837304 616 50 2040179 260 20 256294 33 10 47508 6 5 7888 1 2 731 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 260 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 15 DEC 2019 15:30:32 LOCAL TIME. 15 DEC 2019 15:30:32 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES 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. 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