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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Mella in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 10, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3238S, -71.4483WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mella in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 18:30:27 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.35 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.4483° West, latitude 18.3238° North, depth = 31.35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 22:30:27 / September 9, 2015 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20003hnj. Event ids that are associated: us20003hnj.

The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Croix des Bouquets (c. 229 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Cruz de Barahona (c. 77 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Juan de la Maguana (c. 73 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Azua (c. 59 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Thomazeau (c. 52 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kenscoff (c. 42 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mirebalais, Kenscoff, Croix des Bouquets (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Mella, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.4483° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3238° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SW of Mella, 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 2015-09-09 22:30:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-10 22:07:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 246 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 0.672 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us20003hnj Id of event.
Event Code 20003hnj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003hnj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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