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Light earthquake: M4.01 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.03S, -68.1463WA light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2018088003. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18088002, us1000db6t, pr2018088003. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1463 West, latitude 18.03 North, depth = 55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:37 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 23:55:37 / March 29, 2018 @ 11:55 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 73 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1463° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.03° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km SE 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 2018-03-29 23:55:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-30 00:26:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 247 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 ,pt,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.538 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 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 pr2018088003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018088003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18088002,us1000db6t,pr2018088003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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