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Light earthquake: M4.05 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 1, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1751S, -68.305WA light earthquake magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 11:02:48 / August 1, 2024 @ 11:02 am. Exact location, longitude -68.305° West, latitude 18.1751° North, depth = 106 km. The 4.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:02:48 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhbl, pr2024214000. Id of event: pr2024214000.

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.305° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1751° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SE of Boca de Yuma, 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 2024-08-01 11:02:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 11:29:15 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 252 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3473 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 pr2024214000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024214000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhbl,pr2024214000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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