A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Peralta in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: us7000ckc2. Event ids that are associated: us7000ckc2. Exact location of earthquake, -70.7669° West, 18.6661° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/20 / 2020-11-27 12:19:42 / November 27, 2020 @ 12:19 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:19:42 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ensanche Luperón, Tamboril, Monción. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Francisco de MacorÃs (c. 124 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 9 km N of Peralta, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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