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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Gonzalo in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0125S, -69.6348WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Gonzalo in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 18:06:35 / July 26, 2024 @ 6:06 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ng7k. Id of event: us6000ng7k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.394 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:35 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.6348 West, latitude 19.0125 North, depth = 86.394 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salcedo, Salsipuedes, Cambita Garabitos. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km ENE of Gonzalo, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6348° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.394 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ENE of Gonzalo, 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 2024-07-26 18:06:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-26 23:16:56 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 271 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us6000ng7k Id of event.
Event Code 6000ng7k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ng7k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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