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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 9 km NNE of Piedra Blanca, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 25, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9223S, -70.2751WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Piedra Blanca in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 06:16:40 / May 25, 2016 @ 6:16 am. Unique identifier: us20005xr4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005xr4. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:16:40 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -70.2751 West, latitude 18.9223 North, depth = 77.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.3 km (48 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Boca Chica, Las Terrenas. The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km NNE of Piedra Blanca, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2751° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9223° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NNE of Piedra Blanca, 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 2016-05-25 06:16:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-25 06:42:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 273 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 0.527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us20005xr4 Id of event.
Event Code 20005xr4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005xr4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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