A 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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