M 4.5 in Dominican Republic Region on 16 Jun 2015 08:57 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: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.662 , -70.3229
Event Date: 16 Jun 2015 08:57 UTC
16 Jun 2015 04:57 Local
Exposed Population:
3151157 people within 100km
Source: NTWC    
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2015 09:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NTWC     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
1084710 0 16 Jun 2015 08:57 4.5M, 1km N/A 3.2 million (in 100km) 00:05 NTWC    
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 Espaillat (population 197,222) . The nearest places are Santo Domingo, and Sabaneta de Y�sica.

Radius Population
100 km 3.2 million people
75 km 2.6 million people
50 km 1.8 million people
20 km 52000 people
10 km 23000 people
5 km 4000 people
2 km 1600 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Espaillat Dominican Republic 200000 people
Puerto Plata Dominican Republic 250000 people
Salcedo Dominican Republic 120000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sabaneta de Y�sica Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Village - 6 km
Santo Domingo Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic Capital 2.2 million people 139 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
La Union POP 5 Civ. Paved Yes 10100 28 km
Santiago Municipal STI 182 Civ. Paved Yes 5000 41 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Sosua Dominican Republic 23 km
Puerto Plata DOPOP Dominican Republic 41 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Tavera Yaque del Norte 1974 59 km
Bao Bao 1985 59 km

More information

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