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Light earthquake 4.14 mag, 10 km SSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5185S, -68.7301WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.14 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The 4.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:58:11 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2024347001. Event ids that are associated: us7000ny3p, pr2024347001. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7301° West, 18.5185° North, depth 105 km. Global time and date of event 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 06:58:11 / December 12, 2024 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105 km (65 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 10 km SSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7301° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5185° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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 2024-12-12 06:58:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 07:41:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 264 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8971 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 pr2024347001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024347001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ny3p,pr2024347001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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