M 4.5 in Dominican Republic on 02 Jun 2014 01:01 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.8406 , -71.2318
Event Date: 02 Jun 2014 01:01 UTC
01 Jun 2014 21:01 Local
Exposed Population:
2515304 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 02 Jun 2014 01:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1051930 0 02 Jun 2014 01:01 4.5M, 10km N/A 2.5 million (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Dominican Republic , Province of Monte Cristi (population 100,343) . The nearest places are Cockburn Town, and El Copey.

Radius Population
100 km 2.5 million people
75 km 1.7 million people
50 km 490000 people
20 km 65000 people
10 km 21000 people
5 km 9600 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Monte Cristi Dominican Republic 100000 people
Puerto Plata Dominican Republic 250000 people
Valverde Dominican Republic 120000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
El Copey Monti Cristi Dominican Republic Village - 4 km
Cockburn Town Turks and Caicos Islands Capital <1000 people 180 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Dajabon 63 Civ. Unpaved No 5500 56 km
La Union POP 5 Civ. Paved Yes 10100 70 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Manzanillo DOMAN Dominican Republic 57 km
Puerto Plata DOPOP Dominican Republic 57 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Moncion Mao n/a 44 km

More information

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