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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 8 km W of Villa Elisa, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.6784S, -71.3481WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Villa Elisa in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 03:59:38 / September 11, 2024 @ 3:59 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd0i. Unique identifier: us7000nd0i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.3481° West, 19.6784° North, depth 12.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.55 km (8 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:38 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint-Raphaël, Moca, Hinche. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Okap (c. 134 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Moca (c. 61 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mao (c. 48 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Esperanza (c. 42 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km W of Villa Elisa, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3481° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km W of Villa Elisa, 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 2024-09-11 03:59:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 04:56:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 285 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.508 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000nd0i Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd0i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd0i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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