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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 16, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.891S, -67.869WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr15320007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15320007, at00nxwgjr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 08:50:11 / November 16, 2015 @ 8:50 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:50:11 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.869° West, latitude 18.891° North, depth = 1 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Aguadilla, Rincón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.869° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.891° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km NE of Punta Cana, 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 2015-11-16 08:50:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-16 08:55:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1 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 pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.62792238 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr15320007 Id of event.
Event Code 15320007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15320007,at00nxwgjr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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