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Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 85 km north of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 05:10 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 10 km depth

11 Jul 05:25 UTC: First to report: USGS after 15 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jul 11, 2020 05:10:32 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.1
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	20.2036°N / 70.8146°W (North Atlantic Ocean, Dominican Republic)
Antipode	20.204°S / 109.185°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	38 km (24 mi) NNE of Luperon (pop: 4,390) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (30 mi) NNW of Puerto Plata (pop: 146,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 57 km (35 mi) NNW of Monte Llano (Villa Montellano) (pop: 19,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 60 km (37 mi) N of Rio Grande (Altamira) (pop: 20,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) NNE of Esperanza (pop: 42,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) N of Villa Bisono (Bisono) (pop: 33,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) N of Santiago de los Caballeros (pop: 1,200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) NNW of Moca (pop: 61,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 144 km (89 mi) SSE of Kobern Taun (Turks & Caicos Islands) (pop: 3,720) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 216 km (134 mi) NNW of Santo Domingo (pop: 2,201,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 135 km (84 mi) N of Haiti Island (pop: 21,107,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹⁰ joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.1	10 km	37 km NNE of Luperón, Dominican Republic	USGS
4.1	10 km	Dominican Republic Region	EMSC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands (GRTK/CU network) | Distance from quake: 149 km / 93 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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