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Light earthquake 4.08 mag, 84 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.5581S, -68.5185WA light earthquake magnitude 4.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5185° West, 19.5581° North, depth 114 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:45:48 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 03:45:48 / June 9, 2020 @ 3:45 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2020161006. Event ids that are associated: pr2020161006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114 km (71 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5185° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5581° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 km NE of Miches, 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 2020-06-09 03:45:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-09 04:18:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 256 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0531 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 340 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 pr2020161006 Id of event.
Event Code 2020161006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020161006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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