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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Las Guáranas in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1412S, -70.183WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Las Guáranas in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.348 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nymm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24288050, us6000nymm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.183 West, latitude 19.1412 North, depth = 31.348 km. The temblor was reported at 16:24:28 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 16:24:28 / October 14, 2024 @ 4:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Padre Las Casas, Estebanía (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 6 km SSE of Las Guáranas, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.183° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1412° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.348 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SSE of Las Guáranas, 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 2024-10-14 16:24:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 17:14:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 57 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 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 315 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nymm Id of event.
Event Code 6000nymm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24288050,us6000nymm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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