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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 20 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.4864S, -68.2372WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 169.26 km (105 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:01:47 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006um0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006um0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 169.26 km, -68.2372° West, 18.4864° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 19:01:47 / August 27, 2016 @ 7:01 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2372° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4864° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km ESE of Punta Cana, 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 2016-08-27 19:01:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-27 19:19:05 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 0.139 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us20006um0 Id of event.
Event Code 20006um0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006um0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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