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Light earthquake 4.18 mag, 85 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.635S, -68.614WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. 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 83 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2024271000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngqg, pr2024271000. The temblor was reported at 01:14:17 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 01:14:17 / September 27, 2024 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.614° West, latitude 19.635° North, depth = 83 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Miches (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 85 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.614° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.635° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km NNE of Miches, 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 2024-09-27 01:14:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 02:00:12 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 269 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.67 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 pr2024271000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024271000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngqg,pr2024271000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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