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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 17.9797S, -68.4346WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4346 West, latitude 17.9797 North, depth = 85.09 km. 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: 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 12:40:41 / March 6, 2020 @ 12:40 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85.09 km (53 miles). Event id: us60008b0w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20066001, us60008b0w. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:40:41 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4346° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9797° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km 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 2020-03-06 12:40:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-06 12:55:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 50 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.2 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 385 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 1.205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us60008b0w Id of event.
Event Code 60008b0w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20066001,us60008b0w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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