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Light earthquake 4 mag, 46 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 19.2376S, -68.6908WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2024133002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my4h, pr2024133002. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6908 West, latitude 19.2376 North, depth = 117 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:13:58 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 18:13:58 / May 12, 2024 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Las Terrenas, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2376° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km NE 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 2024-05-12 18:13:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 20:07:25 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 246 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7573 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 pr2024133002 Id of event.
Event Code 2024133002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my4h,pr2024133002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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