Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near La Romana in Dominican Republic

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16236007. Id of event: pr16236007. Exact location of event, depth 139 km, -68.8768° West, 18.1033° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:44 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 15:49:44 / August 23, 2016 @ 3:49 pm.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Boca Chica, Hato Mayor del Rey (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 one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 37 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.8768° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.1033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	139 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km SSE 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	2016-08-23 15:49:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-23 16:11:08	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	pr	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pr,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.62253249	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	190.8	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pr16236007	Id of event.
Event Code	16236007	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr16236007,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.8768° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.1033° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

139 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

37km SSE 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

2016-08-23 15:49:44

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-08-23 16:11:08

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

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

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pr,

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

0.62253249

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.77 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

190.8

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pr16236007

Id of event.

Event Code

16236007

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pr16236007,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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