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Light earthquake, 4.02 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0708S, -68.6023WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 134 km (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6023° West, 18.0708° North, depth 134 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:44:24 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024363000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024363000. Global time and date of event 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 01:44:24 / December 28, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 34 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0708° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Boca de 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 2024-12-28 01:44:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-28 02:21:42 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 249 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3525 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 222 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 pr2024363000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024363000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024363000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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