WONT40 EJRC 071858 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 VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S. * ******************************************************** SUMMARY ON 07 OCT 2020 18:24:31 UTC (ABOUT 07 OCT 2020 14:07:29 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BRITISH VIRGIN IS. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S.. SPANISH TOWN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SPANISH TOWN (45.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: VIRGIN GORDA (45.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 6.74 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 18.0204 | -64.2581 - COUNTRY: VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S. - PROVINCE: - REGION: VIRGIN ISLANDS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 OCT 2020 18:24:31 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 07 OCT 2020 14:07:29 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: VIRGIN GORDA (45.1 KM), NORTH SOUND VIRGIN GORDA (48.2 KM), BEEF ISLAND (51.4 KM), ST. JOHN (60.6 KM), CHRISTIANSTED HARBOR- SSB (60.7 KM), CRUZ BAY (65.4 KM), ALEXANDER HAMILTON (72.2 KM), ANEGADA (72.8 KM), STOUFFER GRAND BEACH RESORT (75.9 KM), FRENCHMAN'S REEF (76.2 KM), H.S. TRUMAN (82.4 KM) - PORTS: VIRGIN GORDA ISLAND (47 KM), ROAD HARBOUR & PORT PURCELL (54.3 KM), CHRISTIANSTED (60.2 KM), CRUZ BAY (65.5 KM), HOVIC (66.9 KM), LIMETREE BAY (67.2 KM), ANEGADA ISLAND (75.5 KM), FREDERIKSTED (79.3 KM), CHARLOTTE AMALIE (79.4 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: WED, 07 OCT 2020 18:24:31 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 OCT 2020 20:24:31 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 OCT 2020 12:24:31 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 OCT 2020 09:24:31 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 OCT 2020 01:24:31 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 OCT 2020 18:58:39 (34 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$AND;EPISODEID=1336682 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1685329 215 175 557901 71 150 260566 33 125 199074 25 100 137184 17 75 92289 12 50 5645 1 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 1 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 07 OCT 2020 14:07:29 LOCAL TIME. 07 OCT 2020 14:07:29 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S. HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (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 VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S. 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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