WONT40 EJRC 041512 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 04 FEB 2020 14:45:55 UTC (ABOUT 04 FEB 2020 10:18:24 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MAYAG?EZ IN PUERTO RICO. GUANICA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BALNEARIO DE CANA GORDA (7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PARGUERA (23.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PRICO RS - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 7 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 17.8388 | -66.8751 - COUNTRY: PUERTO RICO - PROVINCE: PONCE(DISTRICT) - REGION: PUERTO RICO REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 04 FEB 2020 14:45:55 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 04 FEB 2020 10:18:24 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PARGUERA (23.5 KM), LAJAS AIRPARK (27.9 KM), BAXTER-SAN GERMAN (28.1 KM), MERCEDITA (30.3 KM), BOQUERON (34.9 KM), FORT ALLEN (36.2 KM), CULLINGFORD FIELD (36.5 KM), ORAMA-LAYUYA (39.2 KM), SABALOS WARD (44.1 KM), SANTA ISABEL (47.2 KM), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (50.4 KM), OROCOVIS HEALTH CENTER (57.8 KM), ANTONIO NERY JUARBE POL (61.5 KM), LABADIE (64.4 KM), BAXTER-AIBONITO (64.9 KM), BORINQUEN (71.5 KM), PRASA - LA PLATA (79.5 KM), DORADO (83.4 KM), PATILLAS (86.4 KM), BAYAMON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (87.5 KM), REXACH OFFICE BUILDING (92.5 KM), PRTC OFFICE BUILDING (94.8 KM), ISLA GRANDE (98.1 KM), PRASA-BARBOSA (100 KM) - PORTS: GUANICA HARBOUR (6.8 KM), GUAYANILLA (12.4 KM), PONCE (22 KM), MAYAGUEZ (46.4 KM), ARECIBO (63.5 KM), AGUADILLA (66.3 KM), LAS MAREAS (GUAYAMA) (66.5 KM), LAS MAREAS (70.5 KM), ARROYO (81.6 KM), SAN JUAN (95.8 KM), MAUNABO (98.9 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, 04 FEB 2020 14:45:55 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 FEB 2020 15:45:55 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 FEB 2020 08:45:55 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 FEB 2020 05:45:55 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 FEB 2020 22:45:55 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 04 FEB 2020 15:12:50 (26 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$AND;EPISODEID=1294561 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 3637452 463 175 3578198 456 150 3574928 455 125 3500164 446 100 2838456 361 75 1592637 203 50 730206 93 20 100902 13 10 6885 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 93 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 04 FEB 2020 10:18:24 LOCAL TIME. 04 FEB 2020 10:18:24 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PUERTO RICO HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (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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