Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 117.4 km, -68.063° West, 18.386° North. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:02:22 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 16:02:22 / July 28, 2019 @ 4:02 pm. Unique identifier: pt19209050. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19209050. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 117.4 km (73 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mayagüez, Guaymate, Puerto Real.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.063° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.386° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	117.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km ESE 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	2019-07-28 16:02:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-28 16:06:03	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	340	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	14	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	pt19209050	Id of event.
Event Code	19209050	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19209050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.063° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.386° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

117.4 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

42km ESE 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

2019-07-28 16:02:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-07-28 16:06:03

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

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

340

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,

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

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

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt19209050

Id of event.

Event Code

19209050

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

Event IDS

,pt19209050,

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

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