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Light earthquake, 4.09 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5073S, -68.7231WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pr2024119001. Event ids that are associated: us6000mujt, pr2024119001. The temblor was reported at 06:46:50 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7231 West, latitude 19.5073 North, depth = 116 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 06:46:50 / April 28, 2024 @ 6:46 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Las Terrenas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from El Valle (c. 5 700 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.09 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7231° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5073° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 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 2024-04-28 06:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 14:07:43 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 257 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5859 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 247 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 pr2024119001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024119001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mujt,pr2024119001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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