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Light earthquake 4.24 mag, 10 km SE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.5245S, -68.9005WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.24 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 13:10:00 / September 22, 2024 @ 1:10 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2024266001. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntp8, pr2024266001. The temblor was picked up at 13:10:00 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9005° West, 18.5245° North, depth 112 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 10 km SE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9005° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SE of Guaymate, 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 2024-09-22 13:10:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 13:59:25 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 277 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5192 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 pr2024266001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024266001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntp8,pr2024266001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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