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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 29, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5337S, -70.4239WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.26 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/11/15 / 2015-11-29 16:46:12 / November 29, 2015 @ 4:46 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.4239 West, latitude 18.5337 North, depth = 18.26 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:46:12 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000421u. Id of event: us1000421u.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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), 51 km (32 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan de la Maguana, Villa Riva, Cabral (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km ESE of San Jose de Ocoa, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4239° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5337° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km ESE 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 2015-11-29 16:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-29 17:38:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.486 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us1000421u Id of event.
Event Code 1000421u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000421u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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