Overall Green Earthquake alert in Dominican Republic on 16 May 2021 12:14 UTC

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M 4.7 in Dominican Republic on 16 May 2021 12:14 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:	4.7M
Depth:	75.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.868 , -70.252
Event Date:	16 May 2021 12:14 UTC 16 May 2021 08:14 Local
Exposed Population:	8030000 people within 100km
Source:	PTWC pt21136001
Inserted at:	16 May 2021 12:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.7 (Dominican Republic)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0
pt21136001	Scaled population (vector)	6.9
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.95

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1375436		0	16 May 2021 12:14	4.7M, 75.3km	N/A	8 million (in 100km)		00:11	PTWC
1375437		0	16 May 2021 12:14	4.4M, 93.18km	N/A	8.1 million (in 100km)		00:18	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 Monsenor Novel (population 149,474) . The nearest places are Los Martínez, Arroyo Vuelta, Camarón, Atalaya, Algarrobal, El Negro, Básima, Bonao, El Chorro, Cotuí, and José Contreras.

Radius	Population
100 km	8 million people
75 km	6.6 million people
50 km	1.8 million people
20 km	210000 people
10 km	46000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	150000 people
Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	110000 people
Sanchez Ramirez	Dominican Republic	150000 people
San Cristobal	Dominican Republic	170000 people
Peravia	Dominican Republic	200000 people
Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	2.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Los Martínez	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	3 km
Arroyo Vuelta	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	8 km
Camarón	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	10 km
Atalaya	Sánchez Ramírez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	13 km
Algarrobal	Sánchez Ramírez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	18 km
El Negro	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	18 km
Básima	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	18 km
Bonao	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	City	73000 people	18 km
El Chorro	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	19 km
Cotuí	Sánchez Ramírez	Dominican Republic	City	53000 people	24 km
Yamasá	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	26 km
Cañabón	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	27 km
Arroyo Mina	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	28 km
Banilejo	San José de Ocoa	Dominican Republic	Village	-	28 km
Blanco	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	29 km
Batey Frías	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	29 km
Angelina	Sánchez Ramírez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	29 km
El Cruce de Segundo	Sánchez Ramírez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	30 km
Apolinar	San José de Ocoa	Dominican Republic	Village	-	31 km
La Cuaba	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	32 km
Jima Abajo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	6200 people	32 km
Angostura	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	36 km
Arabia	San José de Ocoa	Dominican Republic	Village	-	37 km
Algarrobo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	37 km
Hato San Pedro	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
Pimentel	Duarte	Dominican Republic	City	9500 people	38 km
La Guía	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
La Guaranas	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	39 km
Galán	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	39 km
Batey Guanuma	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	40 km
Boca de los Ríos	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	40 km
Medina	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	40 km
Arroyo El Naranjo	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	41 km
Acicale	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	41 km
Sabana Quéliz	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	43 km
Calderón	Peravia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	44 km
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa	Dominican Republic	City	-	44 km
El Dean	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	44 km
Alcarrizos	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	46 km
Arroyo del Rancho	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	47 km
Chaparral	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	47 km
San Francisco de Macorís	Duarte	Dominican Republic	City	130000 people	48 km
Alto del Caimito	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	49 km
El Prado	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	49 km
La Vega	La Vega	Dominican Republic	City	100000 people	49 km
La Palma	San José de Ocoa	Dominican Republic	Village	-	49 km
Jarabacoa	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	30000 people	49 km
Monte Plata	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	City	15000 people	50 km
Batey la Charca	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	50 km
Villa Riva	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	5700 people	50 km
Valdesia	Peravia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	50 km
Villa Tapia	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	3100 people	51 km
Constanza	La Vega	Dominican Republic	City	29000 people	52 km
El Cercado	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	52 km
San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	City	110000 people	52 km
Aguacate	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	55 km
El Naranjito	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	55 km
Bajos de Haina	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	City	67000 people	55 km
Batey Nuevo	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	55 km
Barranca	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	57 km
Agua Santa del Yuna	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	1800 people	57 km
Tenares	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	7300 people	57 km
Santo Domingo	Distrito Nacional	Dominican Republic	Capital	2.2 million people	57 km
Alto del Rancho	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	59 km
Arroyo Hondo	Peravia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	59 km
Alto del Jobo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	60 km
Alemania	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	60 km
Monabao	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	60 km
Batey Carabela	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
El Arroyaso	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
Arroyo Corozo	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
Arroyo la Angostura	Peravia	Dominican Republic	Village	-	62 km
Aguacate	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	62 km
Agua	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	64 km
La Playa	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	Village	-	64 km
El Palero	Azua	Dominican Republic	Village	-	65 km
Caño Abaja	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	65 km
Moca	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	City	62000 people	65 km
Baní	Peravia	Dominican Republic	City	58000 people	66 km
Byaguana	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	66 km
El Paredón	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	67 km
Bebedero	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	67 km
Carrizal	Monte Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	67 km
Guerra	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	68 km
El Hoyito	María Trinidad Sánchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	68 km
Azua	Azua	Dominican Republic	City	59000 people	68 km
Caba	Samaná	Dominican Republic	Village	-	68 km
Los Granizos	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	69 km
Calavera	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	69 km
Guayabal	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	70 km
José Contreras	Espaillat	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
Angelina Cotui		54				0	29 km
Constanza	COZ	1198	Civ.	Paved	No	5300	49 km
Herrera	HEX	66	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4100	53 km
San Isidro AB		34	Mil.	Paved	No	7000	66 km
Santiago Municipal	STI	182	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	70 km
De Las Americas International	SDQ	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000	78 km
Arroyo Barril		35				0	94 km
Sabana de La Mar	SNX	unknown				0	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Rio Haina	DOHAI	Dominican Republic	55 km
Santo Domingo	DOSDQ	Dominican Republic	57 km
Puerto Viejo de Azua	DOPVA	Dominican Republic	67 km
Azua	DOPVA	Dominican Republic	67 km
Palenque	DOPAL	Dominican Republic	75 km
Las Calderas		Dominican Republic	77 km
Sanchez	DOSNZ	Dominican Republic	78 km
Boca Chica	DOBCC	Dominican Republic	82 km
Puerto Viejo de Azua		Dominican Republic	84 km
Puerto Botado		Dominican Republic	92 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Hatillo	Yuna	1984	19 km
Rincon	Jima	1978	31 km
Jiguey	Nizao	1992	38 km
Valdesia	Nizao	1975	52 km
Las Barias	Nizao	n/a	56 km
Tavera	Yaque del Norte	1974	68 km
Bao	Bao	1985	71 km
Sabana Yegua	Yaque del Sur	1978	85 km

More information

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