WONA40 EJRC 040201 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 UNITED STATES * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 04 APR 2020 01:53:18 UTC (ABOUT 03 APR 2020 18:07:17 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.64 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN UNITED STATES. NIGHTINGALE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: RIBBONWOOD (8.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KELLY (23.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: CALTECH - MAGNITUDE: 4.64 M - DEPTH: 10.64 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 33.4933319 | -116.5035019 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 04 APR 2020 01:53:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 03 APR 2020 18:07:17 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KELLY (23.6 KM), LANDELLS (26.7 KM), LAKE RIVERSIDE ESTATES (27.4 KM), WARNER SPRINGS GLIDERPORT (28.1 KM), BORREGO VALLEY (30.9 KM), EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER (31.6 KM), WARD RANCH (32.3 KM), JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (34.4 KM), THERMAL (35.2 KM), BERMUDA DUNES (35.4 KM), ERNST FIELD (37.1 KM), PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL (37.3 KM), BORREGO AIR RANCH (39.6 KM), LOMA MADERA RANCH (44 KM), CLARK RANCH AIRPARK (44.3 KM), HOFFMAN (PRIVATE) (44.9 KM), HUNT'S SKY RANCH (46 KM), LYALL-ROBERTS (49 KM), DEVERS SUBSTATION (50 KM), HEMET VALLEY HOSPITAL HELISTOP (51 KM), OCOTILLO (51.4 KM), HOAG (51.9 KM), FLYING T RANCH (52.3 KM), BILLY JOE (52.8 KM), HEMET RYAN (55.1 KM), BANNING MUNICIPAL (57.5 KM), LAKE WOHLFORD RESORT (57.6 KM), SALTON SEA (58.4 KM), DESERT AIR SKY RANCH (58.5 KM), RANCHO VALLECITO (58.6 KM), FRENCH VALLEY (58.7 KM), PINES AIRPARK (58.8 KM), BLACKINTON (60.6 KM), RANCHO CALIFORNIA (60.9 KM), RAMONA (63.2 KM), AGUA CALIENTE SPRINGS (63.4 KM), SCE SAN JACINTO VALLEY SERVICE CENTER (66.1 KM), INLAND VALLEY REG MEDICAL CENTER (69 KM), YUCCA VALLEY (70.9 KM), FALLBROOK COMMUNITY AIRPARK (71.2 KM), PAT COYLE MEMORIAL (71.4 KM), PERRIS VALLEY (72.7 KM), MORONGA BASIN CHP (73.9 KM), WOLFRANCH (74.5 KM), POMERADO HOSPITAL (75.3 KM), SKYLARK FIELD (75.7 KM), CHIRIACO SUMMIT (76 KM), HI DESERT (76.9 KM), UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (79.3 KM), TRI-CITY HOSPITAL (80.9 KM), CAMP PENDLETON MCAS (82 KM), MARCH AFB (82.2 KM), MCCLELLAN PALOMAR (82.9 KM), ON THE ROCKS (83.3 KM), JULIAN HINDS PUMP PLANT AIRSTRIP (83.6 KM), OCEANSIDE MUNICIPAL (84.7 KM), SCRIPPS HOSPITAL EAST COUNTY (85.1 KM), CONES FIELD (85.4 KM), GILLESPIE FIELD (86 KM), CROSSWINDS (87.5 KM), MC CONVILLE AIRSTRIP (87.5 KM), TWENTYNINE PALMS (87.7 KM), REDLANDS MUNICIPAL (88.6 KM), BIG BEAR CITY (91.4 KM), MIRAMAR NAS (91.4 KM), DICK DALE SKYRANCH (91.9 KM), GROSSMONT HOSPITAL (92 KM), TWENTYNINE PALMS EAF (93 KM), LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (93.7 KM), VALLEY VISTA (93.9 KM), LAKE MATHEWS (94 KM), EMORY RANCH (94.2 KM), TORREY PINES CORPORATE HELISTOP (94.6 KM), SCE PALM SPRINGS DISTRICT (95 KM), NORTON AFB (95.1 KM), REIDER RANCH (95.7 KM), MONTGOMERY FIELD (95.8 KM), JOHNSON (95.9 KM), RIVERSIDE METRO CENTER (97.1 KM), SCE SAN ONOFRE (99.3 KM), SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (99.8 KM), CALIPATRIA MUNICIPAL (99.9 KM) - PORTS: OCEANSIDE (88.8 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: SAT, 04 APR 2020 01:53:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 APR 2020 03:53:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 APR 2020 19:53:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 APR 2020 16:53:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 APR 2020 08:53:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 04 APR 2020 02:01:02 (7 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$AND;EPISODEID=1303901 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 23522106 2995 175 19090723 2431 150 14617864 1861 125 9845254 1254 100 4491808 572 75 1583104 202 50 461771 59 20 2757 0 10 151 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 59 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 03 APR 2020 18:07:17 LOCAL TIME. 03 APR 2020 18:07:17 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES UNITED STATES 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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