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Light earthquake, 4.54 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5295S, -67.7218WA light earthquake magnitude 4.54 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (60 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 44 km, -67.7218° West, 19.5295° North. Unique identifier: pr2020127012. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20127001, us70009b9r, pr2020127012. The temblor was reported at 14:00:38 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/20 / 2020-05-06 19:00:38 / May 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.54 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7218° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5295° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97km NE 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 2020-05-06 19:00:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-06 19:41:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 319 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1705 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 226 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2020127012 Id of event.
Event Code 2020127012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20127001,us70009b9r,pr2020127012, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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