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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 28, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2106S, -68.4595WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 18:58:40 / October 28, 2020 @ 6:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:58:40 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 129 km (80 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.4595° West, 18.2106° North, depth 129 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020302021. Id of event: pr2020302021.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4595° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km SE 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 2020-10-28 18:58:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-28 19:24:28 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 246 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 pr2020302021 Id of event.
Event Code 2020302021 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020302021, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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