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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 10, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1225S, -68.8611WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 19:14:18 / November 10, 2024 @ 7:14 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.417 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:14:18 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nr1k. Unique identifier: us7000nr1k. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8611 West, latitude 18.1225 North, depth = 62.417 km.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Boca Chica, Hato Mayor del Rey.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8611° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.417 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SSE of La Romana, 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 2024-11-10 19:14:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 19:24:02 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 312 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nr1k Id of event.
Event Code 7000nr1k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nr1k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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