WEAE40 EJRC 060814 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 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. ********************************************************* * RED EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI ALERT IN PHILIPPINES * ********************************************************* SUMMARY ON 06 JUL 2017 08:03:59 UTC (ABOUT 06 JUL 2017 16:23:21 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF EASTERN VISAYAS IN PHILIPPINES. JARO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PASTRANA (5.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: DANIEL Z ROMUALDEZ (25.8 KM). ACCORDING TO THE GDACS TSUNAMI SCENARIO CALCULATION THIS EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A TSUNAMI. THE MAXIMUM ESTIMATED HEIGHT IS 0.1 M, OCCURRING AT ALEGRIA (PHILIPPINES) AT 1/1/2006 12:17:00 AM UTC. EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: PTWC - MAGNITUDE: 6.9 M - DEPTH: 40.6 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 11.092 | 124.843 - COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES - PROVINCE: EASTERN VISAYAS(REGION) - REGION: LEYTE, PHILIPPINES - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 JUL 2017 08:03:59 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 JUL 2017 16:23:21 ALERT SUMMARY ------------- EARTHQUAKE :RED TSUNAMI :GREEN ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: DANIEL Z ROMUALDEZ (25.8 KM), ORMOC (29.4 KM), PHILPHOS (47.6 KM), BILIRAN NATL (68.6 KM), CATBALOGAN (78.1 KM), BORONGAN (95.2 KM) - PORTS: TANAUAN (20 KM), TACLOBAN (24.9 KM), ORMOC (27.1 KM), PORT BELLO (34.5 KM), MERIDA (38.1 KM), PILAR (44.1 KM), BAYBAY (45.6 KM), ISABEL (47.7 KM), TALALORA (47.8 KM), PALOMPON (49.3 KM), VILLABA (49.5 KM), LEYTE (50.3 KM), AREVALO (58.8 KM), CALUBIAN (58.9 KM), SAN ISIDRO (64.2 KM), LAGOME (71.2 KM), CATBALOGAN (73.4 KM), GEN MACARTHUR (80.1 KM), SOGOD (81 KM), BORONGAN (86.9 KM), BOGO (90.7 KM), BORBON (92.3 KM), GUIUAN (97.2 KM), SOGOD BAY (97.8 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A HIGH HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 06 JUL 2017 08:03:59 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JUL 2017 10:03:59 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JUL 2017 02:03:59 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 JUL 2017 23:03:59 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 JUL 2017 15:03:59 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 JUL 2017 08:14:33 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1172876 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ LIST OF 10 HEIGHEST WAVE LOCATIONS ARRIVALTIME (UTC) LOCATION COUNTRY MAX EST. HEIGHT (M) 06 JUL 2017 08:20 ALEGRIA PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:25 DOMOROG PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:20 MAYA PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 09:11 ANTIPOLO PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 09:18 MADRIDEJOS PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 11:25 TALISAY PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:55 DARAGA PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:16 AREVALO PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:16 SAN ISIDRO PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:16 DARAON PHILIPPINES 0.1 06 JUL 2017 08:37 KAWAYAN PHILIPPINES 0.1 THE FULL LIST OF LOCATIONS CAN BE VISUALIZED IN THE GDACS PAGE OF THE EVENT: HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1172876 ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13490102 1718 175 11409536 1453 150 9126935 1162 125 5308835 676 100 3913687 498 75 2703044 344 50 1995299 254 20 405269 52 10 67213 9 5 20588 3 2 2117 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 254 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 JUL 2017 16:23:21 LOCAL TIME. 06 JUL 2017 16:23:21 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 1138 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 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. 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