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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 4, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.256S, -68.156WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 17:45:12 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.156° West, latitude 18.256° North, depth = 76.6 km. Event id: pt20309050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20309050. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/20 / 2020-11-04 17:45:12 / November 4, 2020 @ 5:45 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.6 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.156° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SE 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 2020-11-04 17:45:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-04 17:48:16 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 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt20309050 Id of event.
Event Code 20309050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20309050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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