WOPA40 EJRC 012255 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 GUATEMALA * ********************************************* SUMMARY ON 01 JAN 2021 22:11:31 UTC (ABOUT 01 JAN 2021 16:08:05 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ESCUINTLA IN GUATEMALA. LA BARRITA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LA BARRITA (66 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAN JOSE (67.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 40.03 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.3239 | -90.8578 - COUNTRY: GUATEMALA - PROVINCE: - REGION: NEAR COAST OF GUATEMALA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 JAN 2021 22:11:31 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 JAN 2021 16:08:05 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SAN JOSE (67.7 KM), EL NARANJO (85.9 KM) - PORTS: SAN JOSE (65.9 KM), SAN JOSE (65.9 KM), PUERTO QUETZAIL (66.3 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 01 JAN 2021 22:11:31 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JAN 2021 23:11:31 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JAN 2021 16:11:31 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JAN 2021 13:11:31 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 JAN 2021 06:11:31 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 JAN 2021 22:55:53 (44 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$AND;EPISODEID=1350919 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13153660 1675 175 9081689 1156 150 5411567 689 125 1347058 172 100 380852 48 75 77752 10 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 JAN 2021 16:08:05 LOCAL TIME. 01 JAN 2021 16:08:05 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GUATEMALA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1545 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF LOW RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES GUATEMALA A MEDIUM 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. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001