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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 28, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4736S, -68.9653WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -68.9653° West, latitude 18.4736° North, depth = 137.08 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt19209050, us60004wsn. Unique identifier: us60004wsn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 16:02:10 / July 28, 2019 @ 4:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.08 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:02:10 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Plata, Samaná, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9653° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4736° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km N of La Romana, 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 16:02:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-28 16:17:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 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 300 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 0.903 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us60004wsn Id of event.
Event Code 60004wsn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19209050,us60004wsn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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