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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near El Guayabal in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6852S, -70.7753WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from El Guayabal in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ckbv. Unique identifier: us7000ckbv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/20 / 2020-11-27 12:15:13 / November 27, 2020 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:15:13 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.7753° West, 18.6852° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Julia, San Víctor Arriba, Bella Vista (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 9 km SE of El Guayabal, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.7753° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6852° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SE of El Guayabal, 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 2020-11-27 12:15:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-27 12:45:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 272 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 0.568 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us7000ckbv Id of event.
Event Code 7000ckbv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ckbv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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