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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 58 km northwest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on 2020-05-14 17:03:57 -04:00

Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 10 km depth

14 May 21:24 UTC: First to report: USGS after 20 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 14, 2020 21:03:57 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-05-14 17:03:57 -04:00
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.4
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	19.7819°N / 71.1292°W (Villa Isabela, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic)
Antipode	19.782°S / 108.871°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	5 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	San Juan (104 km / 65 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	7 km (4 mi) SE of Estero Hondo (pop: 1,650) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Valverde (pop: 48,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) NW of Esperanza (Valverde) (pop: 42,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) NW of Villa Bisono (Bisono, Santiago) (pop: 33,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) WNW of Rio Grande (Altamira) (pop: 20,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 46 km (29 mi) W of Puerto Plata (pop: 146,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) W of Monte Llano (Villa Montellano) (pop: 19,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) NW of Santiago de los Caballeros (pop: 1,200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) NE of Port au Prince (Ouest, Haiti) (pop: 1,234,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 195 km (121 mi) NW of Santo Domingo (Nacional) (pop: 2,201,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹¹ joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.4	10 km	6km SE of Estero Hondo, Dominican Republic	USGS
4.4	10 km	Dominican Republic	EMSC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands (GRTK/CU network) | Distance from quake: 192 km / 120 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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San José de Las Matas, Santiago (58.7 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Mao, Valverde (26.2 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Kingston, Jamaica (626.7 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Luperón / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Very weak shake for 1 to 2 seconds

Kingston, Jamaica / Weak shaking (MMI III) : A tremor for only a few seconds in Kingston Jamaica

Luperón (Dominican Republic, 22 km NE of epicenter) : Gentle but felt throughout town. (reported through EMSC)

Luperón (Dominican Republic, 22 km NE of epicenter) : Noisey (reported through EMSC)

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