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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.7987S, -68.0274WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.0274° West, latitude 17.7987° North, depth = 12.259 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 05:16:09 / August 26, 2024 @ 5:16 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:09 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt24239001, us7000n9fp. Unique identifier: us7000n9fp. 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 12.259 km (8 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 88 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0274° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7987° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.259 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 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 2024-08-26 05:16:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 05:26:07 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 326 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.787 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n9fp Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9fp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24239001,us7000n9fp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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