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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Sabana de La Mar in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 24, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0342S, -69.2375WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sabana de La Mar in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2375 West, latitude 19.0342 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:18:44 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007mf9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mf9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 02:18:44 / December 24, 2016 @ 2:18 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pimentel, Villa Consuelo, San Carlos. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Nagua (c. 33 900 pop). Nearby 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 sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km E of Sabana de La Mar, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2375° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0342° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km E of Sabana de La Mar, 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 2016-12-24 02:18:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-24 02:44:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 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 272 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 0.858 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us10007mf9 Id of event.
Event Code 10007mf9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007mf9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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