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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pimentel in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.276S, -70.107WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pimentel in Dominican Republic on Monday. Id of earthquake: pt24288050. Event ids that are associated: pt24288050. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.107° West, 19.276° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 16:24:25 / October 14, 2024 @ 4:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:24:25 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Gregorio de Nigua, Esperanza, Los Llanos. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three 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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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. 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: 10 km N of Pimentel, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.107° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.276° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km N of Pimentel, 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 16:24:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 16:31:01 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 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt24288050 Id of event.
Event Code 24288050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24288050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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