WOXX40 EJRC 311529 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 VANUATU ISLANDS * *************************************************** SUMMARY ON 31 DEC 2019 14:57:24 UTC (ABOUT 01 JAN 2020 02:08:37 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF VANUATU IN VANUATU ISLANDS. JASMORI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: JASMORI (33.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MAEWO (29.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 6.79 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -14.9785 | 167.8074 - COUNTRY: VANUATU ISLANDS - PROVINCE: - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 DEC 2019 14:57:24 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 JAN 2020 02:08:37 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MAEWO (29.6 KM), LONGANA (40 KM), WALAHA (49.5 KM), REDCLIFFE (54.6 KM), SARA (65.9 KM), SANTO PEKOA INTERNATIONAL (85.8 KM) - PORTS: MAEWO ISLAND (43.9 KM), TURTLE BAY (78.2 KM), HOG HARBOR (78.6 KM), PALIKOULO BAY (84.3 KM), SANTO (89.7 KM), PENTECOST ISLAND (95 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, 31 DEC 2019 14:57:24 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2019 15:57:24 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2019 08:57:24 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2019 05:57:24 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 DEC 2019 22:57:24 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 DEC 2019 15:29:56 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1288209 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 149857 19 175 139048 18 150 123636 16 125 94260 12 100 71000 9 75 20488 3 50 9986 1 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 JAN 2020 02:08:37 LOCAL TIME. 01 JAN 2020 02:08:37 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. VANUATU ISLANDS HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 VANUATU ISLANDS 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. 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