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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.925S, -68.1973WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:48:45 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 02:48:45 / January 26, 2020 @ 2:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.1973° West, 17.925° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007g5b. Id of event: us60007g5b.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 66 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.925° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 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 2020-01-26 02:48:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-26 03:06:05 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 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 ,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 1.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us60007g5b Id of event.
Event Code 60007g5b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007g5b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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