M 4.8 in Dominican Republic on 13 Nov 2016 02:09 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1098176
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.281 , -68.9199
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 02:09 UTC
12 Nov 2016 22:09 Local
Exposed Population:
1039306 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 02:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr16318001 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1335 | About casualties: 149 | Last hour: 0

Marlborough residents scramble for advice after tsunami warningThu, 17 Nov 2016 01:51:00 +0100.

A tsunami warning for the South Island was issued shortly after 1am. Initially all residents living east of State Highway1 between Blenheim and Picton were told to get to higher ground, but then the advice changed to people north of Spring
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Geonet releases future scenario forecasts, there will be more quakesThu, 17 Nov 2016 01:51:00 +0100.

There will be more aftershocks over magnitude five and there's a chance of a similar sized quake, Geonet says. There is also a 95 per cent chance that another earthquake measuring between magnitude 6 and 6.9 will hit within the next 30 days
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NZ@Noon: 55km pursuit ends in arrestThu, 17 Nov 2016 00:59:00 +0100.

SHARE: Not saved; Email; Print. Add a comment A Kaitaia man was arrested after allegedly throwing beer bottles at police during a 55km pursuit, and workers in Rotorua's CBD don't feel safe arriving at or leaving work. These are just two of
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Feature video: The quake - and everything that followedThu, 17 Nov 2016 00:58:00 +0100.

For many New Zealanders, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Monday morning was the most violent tremor they'd experienced. But it was just the beginning. In the hours afterwards, many fled to the hills under caution of a tsunami. Some dodged v
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (3), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),