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Light earthquake, 4.04 mag strikes near La Romana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.6321S, -68.9191WA light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 00:42:48 / July 10, 2024 @ 12:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 61 km, -68.9191° West, 17.6321° North. Event id: pr2024192000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024192000. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:48 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 88 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9191° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6321° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km S of La Romana, 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 2024-07-10 00:42:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-10 01:15:36 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 251 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 pr2024192000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024192000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024192000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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