WOXX40 EJRC 070513 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 JAPAN * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 07 SEP 2016 04:28:49 UTC (ABOUT 07 SEP 2016 13:49:02 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KANTO IN JAPAN. HORAGE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: HORAGE (1.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: (20.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 47.6 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.1851 | 140.0558 - COUNTRY: JAPAN - PROVINCE: KANTO(REGION) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 SEP 2016 04:28:49 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 07 SEP 2016 13:49:02 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: (20.5 KM), CHIBA-KEN (29.7 KM), HYAKURI (32.4 KM), RYUGASAKI (34.5 KM), SUZUMENOMIYA (36.5 KM), RYUGASAKI SOUTH (38.4 KM), UTSUNOMIYA (40.2 KM), SHIMOFUSA (43.1 KM), ONISHI (51.7 KM), HONDA (53.3 KM), TOKYO NARITA INTERNATIONAL (55.4 KM), SHIMO KOLZUMI (59.5 KM), SHIMOSHIZU (59.7 KM), IRUMA (69.7 KM), TOKYO HANEDA INTERNATIONAL (74.4 KM), CHOFU (74.4 KM), OTAWARA (75.3 KM), TACHIKAWA (79.7 KM), YOKOTA AFB (80.1 KM), KISARAZU (88.1 KM), YOKOHAMA (88.4 KM) - PORTS: KATUNAN KO (57.2 KM), TOKYO (58.8 KM), OGASAWARA (61.1 KM), HITACHI (62 KM), ANEGASAKI (64.4 KM), CHIBA (65.2 KM), KASHIMA (65.8 KM), GOI (72.6 KM), KAWASAKI (77.4 KM), CHOSHI (85.7 KM), KISARAZU (89.4 KM), YOKOHAMA (89.5 KM), NEGHISI (95 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 SEP 2016 04:28:49 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 SEP 2016 06:28:49 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 SEP 2016 22:28:49 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 SEP 2016 19:28:49 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 SEP 2016 11:28:49 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 SEP 2016 05:13:38 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1139220 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 47504279 6048 175 44929184 5721 150 43580493 5549 125 41713113 5311 100 35248651 4488 75 22739749 2895 50 6637117 845 20 543038 69 10 93074 12 5 27886 4 2 4661 1 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 845 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 07 SEP 2016 13:49:02 LOCAL TIME. 07 SEP 2016 13:49:02 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. JAPAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 42318 PPP$ (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 JAPAN 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. 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 WOXX40 EJRC 070513 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 PHILIPPINES * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 07 SEP 2016 04:54:22 UTC (ABOUT 07 SEP 2016 13:18:25 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF NORTHERN MINDANAO IN PHILIPPINES. ANOLING THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ANOLING (1.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BISLIG (38.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 8.3609 | 126.0149 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: NORTHERN MINDANAO(REGION) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 07 SEP 2016 04:54:22 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 07 SEP 2016 13:18:25 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BISLIG (38.2 KM), TANDAG (80.6 KM), BUTUAN (88 KM) - PORTS: HINATUAN (35.5 KM), BISLIG / MINDANAO (40.6 KM), LAMON ANCHORAGE (42.8 KM), ARAS ASAN (66.9 KM), TANDAG (82.5 KM), BUTUAN (82.9 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, 07 SEP 2016 04:54:22 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 SEP 2016 06:54:22 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 SEP 2016 22:54:22 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 SEP 2016 19:54:22 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 07 SEP 2016 11:54:22 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 07 SEP 2016 05:13:47 (19 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$AND;EPISODEID=1139221 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12523687 1595 175 10336727 1316 150 7426916 946 125 4824569 614 100 3026179 385 75 1655983 211 50 1047414 133 20 213985 27 10 42873 5 5 17519 2 2 3402 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 133 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 07 SEP 2016 13:18:25 LOCAL TIME. 07 SEP 2016 13:18:25 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PHILIPPINES HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES PHILIPPINES 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