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Light earthquake 4.16 mag, 4 km NNE of La Romana, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 5, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4695S, -68.9628WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.16 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Monday. The temblor was reported at 07:15:57 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020279006. Id of event: pr2020279006. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9628 West, latitude 18.4695 North, depth = 101 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/20 / 2020-10-05 07:15:57 / October 5, 2020 @ 7:15 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event 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 (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NNE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9628° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNE 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 2020-10-05 07:15:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-05 09:10:01 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 266 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5831 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 pr2020279006 Id of event.
Event Code 2020279006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020279006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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