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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 5, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.692S, -69.053WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 00:44:02 / December 5, 2016 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:44:02 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -69.053° West, 18.692° North, depth 141 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: at00ohospe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ohospe. A tsunami warning has been issued near Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bella Vista, La Julia, Cristo Rey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Villa Francisca (c. 50 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km S of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.053° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.692° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km S of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, 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 2016-12-05 00:44:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-05 00:54:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 327 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8498063 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 125.99998992 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 at00ohospe Id of event.
Event Code 00ohospe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ohospe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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