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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.007S, -68.112WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.5 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 23:55:38 / March 29, 2018 @ 11:55 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.112° West, latitude 18.007° North, depth = 16.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt18088002. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18088002. The temblor was reported at 18:55:38 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

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 nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.112° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.007° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km SE of Boca de Yuma, 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 23:55:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-29 23:59:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 pt18088002 Id of event.
Event Code 18088002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18088002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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