WOXX40 EJRC 170545 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA * **************************************************** SUMMARY ON 17 FEB 2021 05:00:39 UTC (ABOUT 17 FEB 2021 14:49:37 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.3 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MOROBE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DENGANDO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KOPA (3.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: WASU (18.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.3 M - DEPTH: 105.59 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -6.1681 | 147.2451 - COUNTRY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PROVINCE: MOROBE(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 17 FEB 2021 05:00:39 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 17 FEB 2021 14:49:37 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: WASU (18.6 KM), INDAGEN (27.8 KM), KABWUM (29 KM), OGERANANG (30.9 KM), KELANOA (33 KM), KASANOMBE (34.7 KM), SIWEA (36.1 KM), BAINDOUNG (37.4 KM), SIALUM (40 KM), MINDIK (41.5 KM), KONGE (43.7 KM), BAWAN (46 KM), MASA (47.4 KM), DERIM (48 KM), PINDIU (52.4 KM), BOANA (54.8 KM), SAPMANGA (55.6 KM), SINGAUA (60.1 KM), KISENGAN (61.8 KM), DINANGAT (64.1 KM), MAKINI (66 KM), YALUMET (71.5 KM), NADZAB (72.6 KM), LOWAI (75.1 KM), SATWAG (83.1 KM), FINSCHHAFEN (83.8 KM), WAGAU (85.5 KM), LONG ISLAND (92.5 KM), WANTOAT (94.5 KM), NANKINA (95.5 KM) - PORTS: LAE (69.2 KM), FINSCHHAVEN (78.9 KM), DREGER HARBOR (85.1 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: WED, 17 FEB 2021 05:00:39 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 FEB 2021 06:00:39 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2021 23:00:39 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 FEB 2021 20:00:39 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 17 FEB 2021 13:00:39 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 17 FEB 2021 05:45:42 (45 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$AND;EPISODEID=1359063 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1196391 152 175 883261 112 150 676648 86 125 544165 69 100 404785 52 75 301814 38 50 72491 9 20 14960 2 10 4995 1 5 533 0 2 11 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 9 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 17 FEB 2021 14:49:37 LOCAL TIME. 17 FEB 2021 14:49:37 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1008 PPP$ (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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 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. 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