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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Berekua in Dominica

Posted by admin on September 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.1898S, -61.287WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Berekua in Dominica on Wednesday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:15:53 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bg9a. Id of event: us7000bg9a. Exact location of event, longitude -61.287 West, latitude 15.1898 North, depth = 132.81 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 132.81 km (83 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/20 / 2020-09-02 01:15:53 / September 2, 2020 @ 1:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ducos (c. 17 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Marin, Rivière-Pilote, Sainte-Luce (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSE of Berekua, Dominica.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -61.287° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.1898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SSE of Berekua, Dominica Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-02 01:15:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-02 01:37:50 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 284 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 ,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 0.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us7000bg9a Id of event.
Event Code 7000bg9a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bg9a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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