M 4.6 in Dominican Republic on 30 Nov 2020 11:12 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 1245698
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.2048 , -71.4562
Event Date: 30 Nov 2020 11:12 UTC
30 Nov 2020 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:
3160000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Nov 2020 11:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.4 (Haiti)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Haiti= 7.4; Dominican Republic= 4.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
us7000cl4u Scaled population (vector) 6.22  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 1  
  INFORM_normalised 1.27  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Mag. 4.9 earthquake - Polo, Provincia de Independencia, 17 km northwes ... Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:50:00 +0100.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Polo was reported only 14 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity in the Dominican Republic. The earthqu
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Mag. 4.2 earthquake - Guayabal, 12 km north of Peralta, Azua, Dominica ... Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:07:00 +0100.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred in the morning on Friday 27 November 2020 at 8.15 am local time near El Guayabal, Dominican Republic, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). According to preliminary da
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Delivering a safer ocean in the CaribbeanThu, 05 Nov 2020 04:47:00 +0100.

UNESCO and the European Commission just completed a major project to strengthen capacities to detect and respond to tsunamis and other coastal hazards in seven Caribbean countries. Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent a
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Delivering a safer ocean in the CaribbeanWed, 04 Nov 2020 20:09:00 +0100.

Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and in Trinidad and Tobago have recently been recognized as “Tsunami Ready” at the end of a two-year tsunami early-warning and preparedness project funded by the
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),