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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Jamao al Norte in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.6812S, -70.4604WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jamao al Norte in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nx9i. Event ids that are associated: us7000nx9i. The temblor was picked up at 09:12:58 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 09:12:58 / December 9, 2024 @ 9:12 am. Exact location, longitude -70.4604° West, latitude 19.6812° North, depth = 27.852 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.852 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Constanza, Bonao, Villa Riva. The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bonao (c. 73 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Moca (c. 61 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 5 km NNW of Jamao al Norte, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4604° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6812° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.852 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NNW of Jamao al Norte, 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 2024-12-09 09:12:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 09:36:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 260 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.422 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 80 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 us7000nx9i Id of event.
Event Code 7000nx9i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nx9i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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