Overall Green Earthquake alert in Dominican Republic on 15 May 2024 00:30 UTC

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M 5.6 in Dominican Republic on 15 May 2024 00:30 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.6M
Depth:	7 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.2698 , -67.4235
Event Date:	15 May 2024 00:30 UTC 14 May 2024 20:30 Local
Exposed Population:	80 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	PRICO RS pr2024136000
Inserted at:	15 May 2024 01:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Dominican Republic)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
PRICO RS	0		0
pr2024136000	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1571055	15 May 2024 00:30	5.2M, 9.9km	3.35	360 thousand (in 100km)	00:04	PTWC
1571057	15 May 2024 00:30	4.9M, 22.9km	3.34	480 thousand (in 100km)	00:17	NEIC
1571060	15 May 2024 00:30	5.6M, 7km	3.66	80 thousand (in 100km)	00:41	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	85000 people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

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
Borinquen	BQN	72	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11700	91 km
Labadie		137				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Aguadilla	PRBQN	Puerto Rico	97 km

More information

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