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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Hato Mayor del Rey in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 7, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.8982S, -69.2521WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2521 West, latitude 18.8982 North, depth = 86.04 km. Unique identifier: us200062kw. Ids that are associated to the event: us200062kw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 18:13:36 / June 7, 2016 @ 6:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 86.04 km (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:13:36 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo, Castillo (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km N of Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2521° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8982° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km N of Hato Mayor del Rey, 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 2016-06-07 18:13:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-07 18:29:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 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 301 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 0.164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us200062kw Id of event.
Event Code 200062kw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200062kw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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