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Earthquake 6.28am
What is this lately in the north....not one listed on https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%227day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B16.325411207783855%2C-73.2568359375%5D%2C%5B21.007599191785744%2C-66.2255859375%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22local%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22settings%22%2C%22map%22%2C%22list%22%5D%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22event%22%3Anull%7D
You guys must have some weird dreams....
You guys must have some weird dreams....
According to the USGS that was in Punta Cana, but I think the seismographs in the DR or Puerto Rico have been off, because many not recorded in the last few months.
There's a explanation on 'missing' quakes here on the US Geological site. About halfway down.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/comcat/data-availability.php
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/comcat/data-availability.php
6.4 September 22 2003.
A few residents posted damage to their properties in earlier threads.
You can then go back to the big one in 1946 near Samana at 8.1 which caused a great deal of damage throughout the country including North Coast with a tsunami with reported waves between 8'and 16'.
Milo Mitt ,,for two weeks before the dreadful earthquake in Haiti ,there were a series of quakes in the Eastern part of DR .. more or less every second day ..I was sure the big one was coming but as it was, it hit Port au prince and then traveled along to Santiago and nearby area where damage to buildings did occur .
September 22 2003: The very day I came to the DR to retire. I was on a connecting flight to Puerto Plata when I sat next to the owner of the Riu resorts in Puerto Plata and he told me about the earthquake. I was coming from California, go figure. Fortunately no problems at my house in Cabarete, but other areas did have some damage.
Thanks guys. Looking at the earthquake fault map for DR it does look unstable to say the least. I am a bit surprised but thankful that big ones do not occur more often.
I have experienced a big one once in my life but the risk (percentage) to be close to another big earthquake/tsunami again must be very slim.
I have experienced a big one once in my life but the risk (percentage) to be close to another big earthquake/tsunami again must be very slim.
'experts' say that we are like 50 years overdue for a big one in DR, also eastern caribbean is overdue.....their records show big earthquakes and tsunamis every 300 years or so...........i also watched some stuff last night on youtube about the northern california thing..................someone is going to get it at some stage.
Indeed, the big one seems overdue. After reading a bit I found out the following:
- the Puerto Rico fault line has potential to generate a big earthquake and could be followed by a big tsunami (due to the sea depth and the North American plate is moving underneath the Caribbean plate) and it seems overdue. The tsunami if generated would most likely mainly go north and east due to the fault set-up.
- the Septentrional Fault which runs over DR mainland and close to Santiago has potential to create a big earthquake and energy can be built up through smaller earthquakes from the Puerto Rico fault which can trigger a bigger earthquake on DR mainland. This one seems overdue as well according to the statistics.
Just what I understood when I read through some articles. Take it for what it is worth.
Hopefully it will still takes years before any big one hits and when it hits the impacts are not too brutal.
MM