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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 30, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.504S, -68.8189WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: us700047lg. Event ids that are associated: pt19181001, us700047lg. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8189 West, latitude 18.504 North, depth = 106.45 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/19 / 2019-06-30 06:37:54 / June 30, 2019 @ 6:37 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:37:54 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.45 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 51 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 16 km SW of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8189° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.504° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SW of Salvaleon de Higuey, 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 2019-06-30 06:37:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-30 06:59:13 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 271 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 ,pt,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 1.042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us700047lg Id of event.
Event Code 700047lg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19181001,us700047lg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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