2003 Dominican Republic earthquake

Natural disaster in the Dominican Republic 2003 Dominican Republic earthquake 2003-09-22 04:45:36 usp000c89d 7131995 Dominican Republic September 22, 2003 00:45:37 6.4 Mw 14 km mi 0 on 19.72 -70.69 region:DO_type:event inline,title Thrust Dominican Republic VII 5.6 Mw Sept 22 at 05:30 3 dead, dozens injured The 2003 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on September 22 at 00:45:37 local time 04:45:37 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very Strong). Earthquake The shock occurred on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic near the town of Luperon, Puerto Plata and 40 mi km north of the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. This earthquake could also be felt in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and western Puerto Rico.M6.4 – Dominican Republic https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000c89d#general_summary United States Geological Survey Terremoto en República Dominicana – 2003-09-22 https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/a-2003-09-22-16-1/53605.html 22 September 2003 vozdeamerica.com es March 12, 2022 Research indicated that it was one of a series of westward-propagating earthquakes along the boundary between the North American plate and the Caribbean plate.Tectonic and Seismologic Setting of the 22 September 2003, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Earthquake: Implications for Earthquake Hazard in Northern Hispaniola http://srl.geoscienceworld.org/content/75/5/587.extract J. F. Dolan D. D. Bowman 2004 Seismological Research Letters Seismological Society of America 75 5 587–597 10.1785/gssrl.75.5.587 subscription Damage and casualties The tremor damaged many buildings across the city of Puerto Plata, the city closest to the epicenter, including two schools. There, a wall collapsed caused vehicular traffic and schools were damaged. In Santiago, several schools were damaged and the airport there was temporarily closed, but was made operational again afterwards. Two hospitals there were evacuated but there was no structural damage and the patients were able to go back indoors. In Nagua, schools were damaged in the form of cracks and walls and floors, and a roof of a local hospital collapsed. In the towns of San Cristobal and Cotui, light damage to schools was reported. It caused three fatalities, two of which suffered heart attacks. Dozens were also injured. Dominican Republic: Earthquake – Information Bulletin n° 1 ReliefWeb https://reliefweb.int/report/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-earthquake-information-bulletin-n-1 September 22, 2003 March 12, 2022 See also Gonâve microplate List of earthquakes in 2003 List of earthquakes in the Dominican Republic List of earthquakes in the Caribbean Septentrional-Oriente fault zone References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200313112456/ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/web/data/pager/catalogs/ dead 2020-03-13 September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 Sources Daños observados en Puerro Plata, República Dominicana, causados por el terremoto del 22 de Septiembre de 2003 http://academic.uprm.edu/laccei/index.php/RIDNAIC/article/view/70/70 R. R. López Rodríguez J. A. Martínez Cruzado 2003 Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil 3 2 189–204 2011-08-20 2012-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318221128/http://academic.uprm.edu/laccei/index.php/RIDNAIC/article/view/70/70 dead External links 7131995 Category:Earthquakes in the Caribbean Category:Natural disasters in the Dominican Republic Category:2003 in the Dominican Republic Category:2003 earthquakes Category:September 2003 in North America Category:2000s disasters in the Dominican Republic