Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Monte Plata in Dominican Republic

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Monte Plata in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7565 West, latitude 18.7989 North, depth = 72.42 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:45 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 23:30:45 / April 8, 2019 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT. 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 72.42 km (45 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000kcmq. Event ids that are associated: pt19098050, us2000kcmq.

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Tenares, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 3 km ESE of Monte Plata, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.7565° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	72.42 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km ESE of Monte Plata, 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	2019-04-08 23:30:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-08 23:52:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	25	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.6	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	278	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	0.303	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	117	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000kcmq	Id of event.
Event Code	2000kcmq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19098050,us2000kcmq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-69.7565° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.7989° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

72.42 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3km ESE of Monte Plata, 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

2019-04-08 23:30:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-04-08 23:52:07

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

2.6

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

278

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

0.303

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

Root Mean Square

0.63 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

117

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000kcmq

Id of event.

Event Code

2000kcmq

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

Event IDS

,pt19098050,us2000kcmq,

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

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