Orange Earthquake Alert in Peru
Summary
On 1/30/2012 5:11:00 AM UTC (about 00:08h local time) an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 occurred in the highly populated region of Ica in Peru. The earthquake happened 17km from Ica. The nearest populated places are: Santa Dominguita (12km), Tingue (12km), Huarangal (20km), Santiago (10km), Pueblo Neva (9km), Cocharcas (10km), Pampa Huasi (19km), Huamanguilla (11km), San Juan Bautista (20km), Mina Cansas (19km). The closest civilian airport is Pisco (79km).
Potentially affected critical infrastructure:
- Nuclear plants: [None]
- Hydrodams: [None]
- Airports: San Juan De Marcona (142km), Nazca (106km), Pisco (79km), Cnl Alfredo Mendivil Duarte (193km)
- Ports: San Juan (142km), San Nicolas (129km), General San Martin (81km), Pisco (80km), Tambo De Mora (99km), Puerto De Cerro Azul (156km)
Based on an automated impact model, this earthquake, which occurred in a region with medium vulnerability to natural disasters, has potentially a medium humanitarian impact.
Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert.
| Event Date Univ. Time: | Mon, 1/30/2012 05:11 UTC |
| European Time of the event: | Mon, 1/30/2012 06:11 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome) |
| East America Time of the event: | Mon, 1/30/2012 00:11 EST (New York, Washington) |
| West America Time of the event: | Sun, 1/29/2012 21:11 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles) |
| East Asia Time of the event: | Mon, 1/30/2012 14:11 JTI (Tokyo) |
| This email report was automatically created by a computer at: 1/30/2012 5:29:02 AM UTC (18 minutes after the event) | |
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Earthquake Event
Characteristics
- Source: World Data Centre for Seismology, Denver (NEIC) M
- Magnitude: 6.3 M
- Depth: 39.2 km
- Location (Lat/Long): -14.1788 | -75.6438
- Country: Peru
- Province: Ica
- Region: Near The Coast Of Central Peru
- UTC/GMT (Greenwich time): 1/30/2012 5:11:00 AM
- Estimated local solar time: 1/30/2012 12:08:25 AM
Population Density near epicenter (people/km2). Image area: 6x4 decimal degrees (approx. 650x450km2).
Earthquake Impact Details
Potentially affected People
| Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radius (km) | Population | Density (people/km?) |
| 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 45 | 3 |
| 5 | 295 | 3 |
| 10 | 4131 | 13 |
| 20 | 312289 | 248 |
| 50 | 327263 | 41 |
| 100 | 599661 | 19 |
| 200 | 1665239 | 13 |
The population in the area of this earthquake is 41 people/km?.
The earthquake occurred at 0h local time. At this time a day, more people are at home and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing residential buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.
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.
Peru has a GDP per capita of 2345 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 Peru a medium vulnerability.
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| Source ECHO Key:  Bad - Medium - Good - No data | |
Secondary effects
Probability of secondary effects:
- Landslides: The maximum slope in the area of the earthquake is 61.059% and the maximum altitude is 4586 m. Since this is a high slope, the risk of earthquake induced landslides is high. 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.
Disclaimer
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