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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 20 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 169.26 km (105 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:01:47 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006um0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006um0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 169.26 km, -68.2372° West, 18.4864° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 19:01:47 / August 27, 2016 @ 7:01 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.2372° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.4864° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	169.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km ESE 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	2016-08-27 19:01:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-27 19:19:05	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	259	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	0.139	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us20006um0	Id of event.
Event Code	20006um0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006um0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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