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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.4169S, -67.9632WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 103 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (64 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.9632° West, 19.4169° North, depth 15.74 km. Global time and date of event 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 18:25:47 / December 7, 2018 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:25:47 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.74 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18341050, us1000i4dh. Id of event: us1000i4dh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 103 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9632° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4169° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103km NNE of Punta Cana, 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 2018-12-07 18:25:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-07 18:42:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 312 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 0.98 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us1000i4dh Id of event.
Event Code 1000i4dh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18341050,us1000i4dh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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