Overall Green Earthquake alert in Dominican Republic from 03 Apr 2017 02:45 UTC to 02:45

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M 5 in Dominican Republic from 03 Apr 2017 02:45 UTC to 02:45

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:	5.0M
Depth:	95 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.1529 , -69.291
Event Date:	03 Apr 2017 02:45 UTC 02 Apr 2017 22:45 Local
Exposed Population:	2990000 people within 100km
Source:	PRICO RS pr17093000
Inserted at:	03 Apr 2017 03:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.7 (Dominican Republic)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PRICO RS	-0.8		-0.8
pr17093000	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1162571	-0.8	03 Apr 2017 02:45	4.9M, 90km	N/A	5.4 million (in 100km)	00:05	NTWC
1162574	-0.8	03 Apr 2017 02:45	5M, 95km	N/A	3 million (in 100km)	00:17	PRICO RS
1162575	-0.9	03 Apr 2017 02:45	4.7M, 92.8km	N/A	5.4 million (in 100km)	00:20	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 Samana (population 79,018) . The nearest places are Balandra, Samaná, Capitán, Sabana de la Mar, El Valle, Arroyo del Cabo, Los Róbalos, El Valle, Arroyo Hondo, Abra Grande, and La Colorá.

Radius	Population
100 km	3 million people
75 km	710000 people
50 km	240000 people
20 km	64000 people
10 km	19000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Samana	Dominican Republic	79000 people
Hato Major	Dominican Republic	180000 people
El Seibo	Dominican Republic	76000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Balandra	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	7 km
Samaná	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	10000 people	8 km
Capitán	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	13 km
Sabana de la Mar	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	City	14000 people	14 km
El Valle	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	14 km
Arroyo del Cabo	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	16 km
Los Róbalos	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	20 km
El Valle	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	City	-	22 km
Arroyo Hondo	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	28 km
Abra Grande	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	28 km
Arroyo Arroyón	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	30 km
Anegadizo	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	31 km
Miches	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	9200 people	33 km
Sánchez	Samaná	Dominican Republic	City	13000 people	35 km
Caba	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
Altos Grande	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
Agua Clara	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
Sabana Los Mosquiticos	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	42 km
Bebedero	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	43 km
Hato Mayor	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	City	36000 people	43 km
Dos Ríos	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	46 km
Pulgarín	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	46 km
Carrizal	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	47 km
Coamo	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	48 km
El Seibo	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	City	23000 people	51 km
Los Algarrobos	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	52 km
Las Lisas	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	52 km
Batey Nuevo	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	53 km
Caño Abaja	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	53 km
Agua Santa del Yuna	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	1800 people	54 km
Alemán	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	54 km
Batey la Charca	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	56 km
Altagracia	Hato Major	Dominican Republic	Village	-	57 km
Byaguana	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	57 km
El Prieto	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	58 km
Sabana del Cuey	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	59 km
Albizú	El Seíbo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
Los Llanos	San Pedro de Macorís	Dominican Republic	Village	5400 people	63 km
Nagua	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	City	34000 people	63 km
El Dean	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	64 km
Monte Plata	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	City	15000 people	65 km
Consuelo	San Pedro de Macorís	Dominican Republic	City	27000 people	65 km
Villa Riva	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	5700 people	65 km
Ahorca Los Perros	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	66 km
Quisqueya	San Pedro de Macorís	Dominican Republic	Village	17000 people	67 km
Arroyo El Naranjo	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	67 km
Amador	San Pedro de Macorís	Dominican Republic	Village	-	68 km
Hato San Pedro	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	68 km
Arroyo Rico	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	70 km
La Colorá	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	70 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
Sabana de La Mar	SNX	unknown				0	14 km
Arroyo Barril		35				0	15 km
San Isidro AB		34	Mil.	Paved	No	7000	87 km
La Romana	LRM	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	87 km
De Las Americas International	SDQ	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Santa Barbara de Samana		Dominican Republic	7 km
Puerto Botado		Dominican Republic	17 km
Sanchez	DOSNZ	Dominican Republic	35 km
San Pedro de Macoris	DOSPM	Dominican Republic	78 km
Boca Chica	DOBCC	Dominican Republic	85 km
La Romana	DOLRM	Dominican Republic	89 km
Santo Domingo	DOSDQ	Dominican Republic	97 km

More information

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