Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Soufriere in Dominica

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Soufriere in Dominica. Id of earthquake: us2000a7cf. Event ids that are associated: us2000a7cf. Global time and date of event 08/08/17 / 2017-08-08 23:23:36 / August 8, 2017 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 173.89 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -61.4135° West, 15.0006° North, depth 173.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:23:36 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Marin, Rivière-Pilote, Le Vauclin (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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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: 26 km S of Soufriere, Dominica.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-61.4135° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.0006° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	173.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km S of Soufriere, Dominica	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-08 23:23:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-15 22:27:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		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	271	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	0.288	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us2000a7cf	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a7cf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a7cf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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