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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near San Pedro de Macoris in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 2, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.137S, -69.323WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from San Pedro de Macoris in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:40:17 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 12:40:17 / May 2, 2019 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of event, depth 16.5 km, -69.323° West, 18.137° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.5 km (10 miles). Id of earthquake: pt19122051. Event ids that are associated: pt19122051.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nizao, El Valle, Yaguate. Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 36 km S of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.323° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km S of San Pedro de Macoris, 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 2019-05-02 12:40:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-02 12:45:51 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 pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 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 Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19122051 Id of event.
Event Code 19122051 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19122051, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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