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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7315S, -68.6561WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 155 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:42:15 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 11:42:15 / August 4, 2018 @ 11:42 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pt18216050, us1000g3f5, pr2018216007. Unique identifier: pr2018216007. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6561 West, latitude 18.7315 North, depth = 155 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Samaná, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 4 km SSW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6561° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 155 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SSW of San Rafael del Yuma, 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 2018-08-04 11:42:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-04 13:06:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 285 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 287 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2018216007 Id of event.
Event Code 2018216007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18216050,us1000g3f5,pr2018216007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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