Overall Green Earthquake alert in Dominican Republic from 04 Nov 2020 17:45 UTC to 17:45

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M 4.5 in Dominican Republic from 04 Nov 2020 17:45 UTC to 17:45

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:	4.5M
Depth:	76.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.256 , -68.156
Event Date:	04 Nov 2020 17:45 UTC 04 Nov 2020 13:45 Local
Exposed Population:	600000 people within 100km
Source:	PTWC pt20309050
Inserted at:	04 Nov 2020 17:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.7 (Dominican Republic)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0
pt20309050	Scaled population (vector)	5.33
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.95

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1341702	04 Nov 2020 17:45	4.5M, 76.6km	N/A	600 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	PTWC
1341705	04 Nov 2020 17:45	4.6M, 80.34km	N/A	580 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	NEIC
1341707	04 Nov 2020 17:45	4.4M, 79km	N/A	580 thousand (in 100km)	00:23	PRICO RS

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 La Altagracia (population 120,368) . The nearest places are El Cabo, Cabo Engano, Hoyo Claro, Boca de Yuma, El Algibe, Batey la Bomba, Batey Los Tocones, Bávaro, Mano Juan, La Palmilla, and Arraiján.

Radius	Population
100 km	600000 people
75 km	270000 people
50 km	33000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	120000 people
La Romana	Dominican Republic	180000 people
El Seibo	Dominican Republic	76000 people
Aguadilla	Puerto Rico	-
San Pedro de Macor¡s	Dominican Republic	210000 people
Mayag?ez	Puerto Rico	-
Hato Major	Dominican Republic	180000 people
Ponce	Puerto Rico	-
Arecibo	Puerto Rico	-
Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	2.8 million people
Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	110000 people
Samana	Dominican Republic	79000 people
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	1.6 million people
Bayamon	Puerto Rico	-
Duarte	Dominican Republic	280000 people
Guayama	Puerto Rico	-
San Cristobal	Dominican Republic	170000 people
Maria Trinidad S	Dominican Republic	140000 people
Sanchez Ramirez	Dominican Republic	150000 people
Peravia	Dominican Republic	200000 people
San Juan	Puerto Rico	-
Humacao	Puerto Rico	-
Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	150000 people
Azua	Dominican Republic	210000 people
La Vega	Dominican Republic	310000 people
Espaillat	Dominican Republic	200000 people
Salcedo	Dominican Republic	120000 people
Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	250000 people
Santiago	Dominican Republic	760000 people
Barahona	Dominican Republic	160000 people
San Juan	Dominican Republic	290000 people
Baoruco	Dominican Republic	95000 people
Independencia	Dominican Republic	47000 people
Valverde	Dominican Republic	120000 people
Pedernales	Dominican Republic	20000 people
Virgin Is.	Virgin Islands U.S.	100000 people
Santiago Rodrigu	Dominican Republic	67000 people
Monte Cristi	Dominican Republic	100000 people
La Estrelleta	Dominican Republic	65000 people
British Virgin Is.	Virgin Islands British	18000 people
Dajabon	Dominican Republic	69000 people
Ouest	Haiti	2.3 million people
Sud-Est	Haiti	440000 people
Centre	Haiti	470000 people
Nord-Est	Haiti	-
Nord	Haiti	720000 people
Artibonite	Haiti	960000 people
Turks & Caicos Is.	Turks and Caicos Islands	15000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Cabo	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	36 km
Cabo Engano	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	44 km
Hoyo Claro	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	45 km
Boca de Yuma	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	2000 people	50 km
El Algibe	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	52 km
Batey la Bomba	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	58 km
Batey Los Tocones	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	58 km
Bávaro	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	60 km
Mano Juan	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	62 km
La Palmilla	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	63 km
Arraiján	La Altagracia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	66 km

see full list

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
Punta Cana	PUJ	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10100	41 km
La Romana	LRM	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	83 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Mona Island	PROIS	Puerto Rico	35 km
Cape Engano		Dominican Republic	42 km
La Romana	DOLRM	Dominican Republic	87 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
BONUS	UNITED STATES	1	96 km

More information

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