Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.92 km (45 miles). Exact location of event, depth 72.92 km, -68.5064° West, 18.1128° North. Global time and date of event 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 14:33:48 / February 4, 2019 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19035050, us2000jd4z. Id of event: us2000jd4z. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:48 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Quisqueya (c. 17 700 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.5064° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.1128° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	72.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31km SSE of Boca de 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	2019-02-04 14:33:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-04 14:54:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	118	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	483	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	0.417	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000jd4z	Id of event.
Event Code	2000jd4z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19035050,us2000jd4z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.5064° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.1128° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

72.92 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

31km SSE of Boca de 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

2019-02-04 14:33:48

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-02-04 14:54:21

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-240

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

118

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.3

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

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

483

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.417

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000jd4z

Id of event.

Event Code

2000jd4z

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt19035050,us2000jd4z,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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