WONA40 EJRC 070453 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 07 MAY 2021 04:35:14 UTC (ABOUT 06 MAY 2021 20:33:59 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.65 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CALIFORNIA IN UNITED STATES. PROSSER LAKE HEIGHTS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HOBART MILLS (8.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TAHOE FOREST HOSPITAL (12 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NCAL SS - MAGNITUDE: 4.65 M - DEPTH: 3.25 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.4544983 | -120.3125 - COUNTRY: UNITED STATES - PROVINCE: CALIFORNIA(STATE) - REGION: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 MAY 2021 04:35:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 MAY 2021 20:33:59 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: TAHOE FOREST HOSPITAL (12 KM), TRUCKEE TAHOE (15.8 KM), SIERRAVILLE DEARWATER (19.8 KM), JACKSON LAKE (25.4 KM), TOTEM POLE RANCH (29.8 KM), HOMEWOOD (38 KM), RLB (39.4 KM), BLUE CANYON NYACK (40.2 KM), BAILEY RANCH (41.4 KM), NEVADA DEPT OF WILDLIFE STATE HEADQUARTERS (42.8 KM), RENO STEAD (44.8 KM), RENO / TAHOE INTERNATIONAL (44.9 KM), NERVINO (45.7 KM), EAGLE'S ROOST RANCH (47.4 KM), REMLINGER RANCH (48.2 KM), YOUNGBERG RANCH (49.3 KM), CARSON-TAHOE HOSPITAL (51.3 KM), VAN VLECK TELLS PEAK (51.3 KM), NORTHERN NEVADA MEDICAL CENTER (51.4 KM), CARSON (52.8 KM), SPANISH SPRINGS (55.4 KM), LAKE TAHOE (62.6 KM), DOUGLAS COUNTY (64.5 KM), DAYTON VALLEY AIRPARK (65.1 KM), NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK (65.9 KM), BARTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (67.8 KM), GIBB RANCH (69.2 KM), MILHOUS RANCH (69.5 KM), JUSTOVER FIELD (69.6 KM), SHAWS HILL (69.6 KM), GRASS VALLEY SERVICE CENTER (71.4 KM), GEORGETOWN (74.6 KM), WCDH (74.7 KM), ALTA SIERRA (75 KM), PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO CAMP 5 (75.3 KM), PINENUT (77.6 KM), SWANSBORO COUNTRY (78.7 KM), DUBEY (78.9 KM), HERLONG (81 KM), GANSNER (82.2 KM), LIMBERLOST RANCH (83.6 KM), HIGH HILL RANCH (83.7 KM), AUBURN CDF (85.5 KM), QUINCY HELITACK BASE (85.7 KM), AUBURN MUNICIPAL (86.3 KM), BACCHI VALLEY INDUSTRIES (86.5 KM), PLACERVILLE (86.9 KM), ALPINE COUNTY (87.3 KM), BROWNSVILLE (87.4 KM), SILVER SPRINGS (88.4 KM), PERRYMAN (88.7 KM), PG&E AUBURN SERVICE CENTER (90.3 KM), TIGER FLD (90.7 KM), AKIN (90.8 KM), PG & E CO. PLACERVILLE SVC CENTER (92.8 KM), OLD AERODROME (93.7 KM), AMEDEE AAF (95.3 KM), TOPAZ RANCH (96.9 KM), INDIAN VALLEY HOSPITAL (97.5 KM), FARIAS WHEEL (99.3 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: FRI, 07 MAY 2021 04:35:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 MAY 2021 06:35:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 MAY 2021 22:35:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 MAY 2021 19:35:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 MAY 2021 11:35:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 MAY 2021 04:53:56 (18 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$AND;EPISODEID=1373966 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4634953 590 175 3783406 482 150 3324570 423 125 1972568 251 100 911695 116 75 712683 91 50 443239 56 20 19135 2 10 2948 0 5 6 0 2 2 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 56 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 MAY 2021 20:33:59 LOCAL TIME. 06 MAY 2021 20:33:59 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UNITED STATES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30845 PPP$ (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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