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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.9558S, -68.3765WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:40:43 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.3765° West, latitude 17.9558° North, depth = 78 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 12:40:43 / March 6, 2020 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 78 km (48 miles). 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: pt20066001, us60008b0w, pr2020066013. Id of event: pr2020066013.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, La Romana (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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 47 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3765° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9558° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km SSE 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 2020-03-06 12:40:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-06 13:06:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 73 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 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 385 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9945 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 pr2020066013 Id of event.
Event Code 2020066013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20066001,us60008b0w,pr2020066013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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