WOCA40 EJRC 162131 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 REGION * ****************************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 JAN 2020 20:58:46 UTC (ABOUT 16 JAN 2020 16:31:47 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MAYAG?EZ IN PUERTO RICO REGION. YAUCO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MAGAS ARRIBA (2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MERCEDITA (20.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.996 | -66.7451 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO REGION - PROVINCE: MAYAG?EZ(DISTRICT) - REGION: PUERTO RICO REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 JAN 2020 20:58:46 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 JAN 2020 16:31:47 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MERCEDITA (20.8 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (26.4 KM), FORT ALLEN (27 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (29.8 KM), PARGUERA (30.4 KM), LAJAS AIRPARK (33.5 KM), SANTA ISABEL (39.4 KM), BOQUERON (40.9 KM), CULLINGFORD FIELD (43.7 KM), SABALOS WARD (45.1 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (45.6 KM), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (49.5 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (49.8 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (54.2 KM), LABADIE (59 KM), BORINQUEN (66.6 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (67.2 KM), DORADO (70.7 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (75.4 KM), PATILLAS (78.4 KM), REXACH OFFICE BUILDING (80.2 KM), PRTC OFFICE BUILDING (82.7 KM), ISLA GRANDE (85.8 KM), PRASA-BARBOSA (88 KM), STATE GOVERNMENT NUMBER ONE (88.1 KM), LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL (93.3 KM), BOQUERON (99.7 KM) - PORTS: GUAYANILLA (0.6 KM), PONCE (13.2 KM), GUANICA HARBOUR (14.2 KM), MAYAGUEZ (46.8 KM), ARECIBO (52.3 KM), LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (58.8 KM), AGUADILLA (62.6 KM), LAS MAREAS (63.3 KM), ARROYO (73.8 KM), SAN JUAN (83.5 KM), MAUNABO (90.7 KM), YABUCOA (98.2 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: THU, 16 JAN 2020 20:58:46 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2020 21:58:46 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2020 14:58:46 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 JAN 2020 11:58:46 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 JAN 2020 04:58:46 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 JAN 2020 21:31:16 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1290599 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3663775 466 175 3578056 456 150 3576195 455 125 3565674 454 100 3343345 426 75 2069282 263 50 961191 122 20 255694 33 10 55029 7 5 11154 1 2 2159 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 122 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 JAN 2020 16:31:47 LOCAL TIME. 16 JAN 2020 16:31:47 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO REGION HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 PUERTO RICO REGION 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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