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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 26, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 18.4248S, -70.4216WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 00:38:16 / November 26, 2015 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.4216 West, latitude 18.4248 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:16 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100041dj. Event ids that are associated: at00nyecfr, us100041dj. A tsunami warning has been issued near San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Villa Riva, Vallejuelo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz de Barahona (c. 77 200 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Did you feel it?

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: 16 km SSE of San Jose de Ocoa, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4216° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4248° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SSE of San Jose de Ocoa, 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 2015-11-26 00:38:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-26 01:03:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 62 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 1 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 380 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 ,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us100041dj Id of event.
Event Code 100041dj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nyecfr,us100041dj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Francis

    Yes, I live in Santo Domingo and I felt it.

    November 26, 2015
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