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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 29, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4737S, -68.8844WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:27:00 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.8844° West, 18.4737° North, depth 129.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 129.2 km (80 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 00:27:00 / July 29, 2015 @ 12:27 am. Unique identifier: us2000314j. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000314j.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8844° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4737° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-29 00:27:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-29 00:47:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000314j Id of event.
Event Code 2000314j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000314j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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