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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near San Cristobal in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 19, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4641S, -70.0926WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from San Cristobal in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 13:12:11 / May 19, 2016 @ 1:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.0926° West, latitude 18.4641° North, depth = 67.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.5 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10005ifk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ifk. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:12:11 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (7 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bonao (c. 73 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jarabacoa, Yayas de Viajama, Constanza.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km N of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.0926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km N of San Cristobal, 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 2016-05-19 13:12:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-19 13:51:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 90 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 313 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 0.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us10005ifk Id of event.
Event Code 10005ifk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005ifk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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