WOXX40 EJRC 061514 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 06 DEC 2020 15:03:33 UTC (ABOUT 06 DEC 2020 06:51:16 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.29 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN UNITED STATES. PIETA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DUNCAN SPRINGS (3.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: UKIAH MUNICIPAL (17.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NCAL SS - MAGNITUDE: 4.29 M - DEPTH: 8.64 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.0340004 | -123.0668335 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 DEC 2020 15:03:33 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 DEC 2020 06:51:16 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: UKIAH MUNICIPAL (17.6 KM), BOONVILLE (19.7 KM), LAMPSON (22.8 KM), CLOVERDALE MUNICIPAL (26.2 KM), SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL (26.7 KM), FERNDALE RESORT (32.1 KM), OCEAN RIDGE (37 KM), KONOCTI - CLEAR LAKE (37.3 KM), THE SEA RANCH (37.7 KM), LOFTY REDWOODS (39.1 KM), SMUDGEO NR 1 (41 KM), HEALDSBURG MUNICIPAL (41.9 KM), PAUL HOBERG (43.3 KM), REDBUD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (47.6 KM), GRAVELLY VALLEY (56.2 KM), ELLS FIELD WILLITS MUNICIPAL (56.3 KM), 7-M RANCH (58.3 KM), SONOMA COUNTY (59.5 KM), LITTLE RIVER (60.6 KM), SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (70.8 KM), SANTA ROSA AIR CENTER (71 KM), ANTELOPE VALLEY RANCH (72.6 KM), MYSTERIOUS VALLEY (73.2 KM), ST. HELENA FIRE DEPT. (73.4 KM), VIRGIL O PARRETT FIELD (76.7 KM), POPE VALLEY (77.9 KM), FORT BRAGG (78.3 KM), GRAYWOOD RANCH (79 KM), DIAMOND M RANCH (82.1 KM), RIVER MEADOW FARM (86.1 KM), LAKE BERRYESSA (89.2 KM), MOLLER (91.2 KM), ROUND VALLEY (91.5 KM), MC CABE RANCH (92.3 KM), PETALUMA MUNICIPAL (92.7 KM), G3 RANCH (93.2 KM), DAVIS (99.7 KM), MAZZA (99.8 KM) - PORTS: BODEGA BAY (71.4 KM), FORT BRAGG (77.6 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: SUN, 06 DEC 2020 15:03:33 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2020 16:03:33 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2020 09:03:33 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2020 06:03:33 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 DEC 2020 23:03:33 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 DEC 2020 15:14:37 (11 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$AND;EPISODEID=1346628 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9551385 1216 175 7382852 940 150 3698853 471 125 1249915 159 100 677292 86 75 445718 57 50 134642 17 20 19706 3 10 2161 0 5 878 0 2 72 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 17 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 DEC 2020 06:51:16 LOCAL TIME. 06 DEC 2020 06:51:16 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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