Overall Green Earthquake alert in Dominican Republic on 22 Sep 2003 05:30 UTC

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M 5.1 in Dominican Republic on 22 Sep 2003 05:30 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:	5.1M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	19.66 , -70.53
Event Date:	22 Sep 2003 05:30 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
3991		0.5	22 Sep 2003 05:30	5.1M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		-05:-30	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 Puerto Plata (population 248,638) . The nearest places are Arroyo de Leche, Jamao al Norte, Sos�a, Pedro Garc�a, Sabaneta de Y�sica, Amaceyes, El Gallo Abajo, Jos� Contreras, Puerto Plata, El Pe��n, and Pimentel.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.6 million people
75 km	2.9 million people
50 km	2.2 million people
20 km	110000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	2000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	250000 people
Espaillat	Dominican Republic	200000 people
Santiago	Dominican Republic	760000 people
Salcedo	Dominican Republic	120000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Arroyo de Leche	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	4 km
Jamao al Norte	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Village	2200 people	9 km
Sos�a	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	9500 people	9 km
Pedro Garc�a	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	15 km
Sabaneta de Y�sica	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	16 km
Amaceyes	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Village	-	18 km
El Gallo Abajo	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	22 km
Jos� Contreras	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Village	-	22 km
Puerto Plata	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	City	120000 people	23 km
El Pe��n	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	25 km
Angostura	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Village	-	25 km
Arroyo de Agua	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	26 km
Aguacate del Lim�n	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	28 km
Moca	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	City	62000 people	29 km
Santiago	Santiago	Dominican Republic	City	550000 people	29 km
Guayabal	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	32 km
Imbert	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	City	7900 people	33 km
Tenares	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	7300 people	36 km
Canela	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	37 km
Villa Bison�	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	25000 people	37 km
Bajo Hondo	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
Magante	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	Village	-	38 km
El Arroyaso	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	-	39 km
Agua Larga	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	41 km
Boca de Bao	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	41 km
Villa Tapia	Salcedo	Dominican Republic	Village	3100 people	42 km
La Cueva	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	42 km
Alto del Jobo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	43 km
Caracoles	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	44 km
R�o San Juan	Espaillat	Dominican Republic	City	-	48 km
J�nico	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	48 km
La Vega	La Vega	Dominican Republic	City	100000 people	48 km
Esperanza	Valverde	Dominican Republic	Village	42000 people	49 km
San Francisco de Macor�s	Duarte	Dominican Republic	City	130000 people	49 km
Albana	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	50 km
Aguacate	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	50 km
Luper�n	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	52 km
El Mamey	Valverde	Dominican Republic	Village	-	53 km
Mella	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	54 km
Tu Arena	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	54 km
La Guaranas	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	56 km
El Or�gano	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	56 km
Calavera	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	57 km
Alemania	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	58 km
Mao	Valverde	Dominican Republic	City	47000 people	58 km
Algarrobo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	-	59 km
Abreu	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	59 km
Jima Abajo	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	6200 people	61 km
Jarabacoa	La Vega	Dominican Republic	Village	30000 people	61 km
Aguas Calientes	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
El Copey	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
Alto del Caimito	Duarte	Dominican Republic	Village	-	61 km
Cambronal	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	62 km
Bajo de Gran Diablo	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	Village	-	63 km
Maizal	Valverde	Dominican Republic	Village	3300 people	64 km
El Hoyito	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	65 km
El Rubio	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	<1000 people	65 km
Angelina	S�nchez Ram�rez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	66 km
El Higo de las Tres Piernas	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	-	66 km
El Cerrazo	Santiago	Dominican Republic	Village	-	67 km
Arroyo Salado	Mar�a Trinidad S�nchez	Dominican Republic	Village	2000 people	68 km
Ca�ab�n	Monsenor Novel	Dominican Republic	Village	-	69 km
Pimentel	Duarte	Dominican Republic	City	9500 people	69 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
La Union	POP	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10100	12 km
Santiago Municipal	STI	182	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000	29 km
Angelina Cotui		54				0	67 km
Constanza	COZ	1198	Civ.	Paved	No	5300	86 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Sosua		Dominican Republic	11 km
Puerto Plata	DOPOP	Dominican Republic	22 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Bao	Bao	1985	45 km
Tavera	Yaque del Norte	1974	46 km
Moncion	Mao	n/a	62 km
Rincon	Jima	1978	63 km
Hatillo	Yuna	1984	77 km

More information

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