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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Gonzalo in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.9417S, -69.6064WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Gonzalo in Dominican Republic on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.27 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6064 West, latitude 18.9417 North, depth = 83.27 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 09:13:21 / June 3, 2018 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:13:21 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18154001, us1000ehsg. Id of event: us1000ehsg.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salcedo, Salsipuedes, Río San Juan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km E of Gonzalo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6064° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km E of Gonzalo, 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 2018-06-03 09:13:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-03 10:01:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 546 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 596 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 ,pt,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 1.236 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us1000ehsg Id of event.
Event Code 1000ehsg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18154001,us1000ehsg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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