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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 3, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2956S, -68.881WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/21 / 2021-02-03 16:03:18 / February 3, 2021 @ 4:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000de70. Unique identifier: us6000de70. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:03:18 / 4:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.881 West, latitude 19.2956 North, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, Guaymate, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 38 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.881° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2956° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km NNE of Miches, 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 2021-02-03 16:03:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-03 16:21:39 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 298 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 0.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000de70 Id of event.
Event Code 6000de70 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000de70, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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