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Light earthquake: M4.05 quake has struck near Guaymate in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6055S, -68.9868WA light earthquake magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. The 4.05-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:23:10 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 19:23:10 / October 8, 2024 @ 7:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9868° West, 18.6055° North, depth 129 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 129 km (80 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2024282000. Event ids that are associated: us6000nxdj, pr2024282000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Plata, Samaná, Bayaguana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NNW of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9868° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6055° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNW 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 2024-10-08 19:23:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-08 20:14:22 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 252 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 pr2024282000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024282000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nxdj,pr2024282000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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