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Minor earthquake: M3.81 quake has struck near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4453S, -68.725WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The 3.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:42:38 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 07:42:38 / October 4, 2024 @ 7:42 am. Id of earthquake: pr2024278002. Event ids that are associated: pr2024278002. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.725 West, latitude 18.4453 North, depth = 144 km.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 5 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.725° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4453° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km WNW of San Rafael del 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 2024-10-04 07:42:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-04 12:01:32 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 223 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 pr2024278002 Id of event.
Event Code 2024278002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024278002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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