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Light earthquake, 4.05 mag was detected near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4523S, -68.6593WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles). Unique identifier: pr2024286001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024286001. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 20:09:29 / October 12, 2024 @ 8:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6593 West, latitude 18.4523 North, depth = 122 km. The 4.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:09:29 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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 nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 2 km NNE of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6593° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4523° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 122 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNE 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 2024-10-12 20:09:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-12 20:49:25 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 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 ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 pr2024286001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024286001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024286001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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