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Earthquake swarms
It is really difficult to verify the information published by UASD. As much as I have tried, I can't pinpoint locations for all of the sensors, the details of this organization's operations are scarce and often I can't find corroborating data from an independent source.
The USGS mandate does not include earthquakes in and around the DR, yet they do document a good number of them but not necessarily all of them all the time. Quakes that are published by one source but not the other need to be viewed as potentially unverified events. The number of tremors reported by USAD seems really high most days and I can't help surmise that some of these events must be attributable to something else - USAD does not appear to have enough sensors in place in enough locations to be reporting the data that they do with a degree of confidence that I am comfortable with.
With no way to verify the data myself, I have to view most of the data for the DR with a degree of skepticism unless someone says, "hey a picture just fell off the wall. "
I am left feeling that USAD gets data from the USGS as the two sites usually document the same events, but additional USAD events are rarely reported by the USGS.
The USGS mandate does not include earthquakes in and around the DR, yet they do document a good number of them but not necessarily all of them all the time. Quakes that are published by one source but not the other need to be viewed as potentially unverified events. The number of tremors reported by USAD seems really high most days and I can't help surmise that some of these events must be attributable to something else - USAD does not appear to have enough sensors in place in enough locations to be reporting the data that they do with a degree of confidence that I am comfortable with.
With no way to verify the data myself, I have to view most of the data for the DR with a degree of skepticism unless someone says, "hey a picture just fell off the wall. "
I am left feeling that USAD gets data from the USGS as the two sites usually document the same events, but additional USAD events are rarely reported by the USGS.
I lived through an earthquake swarm of about 300-400 over a period of several months in Reno, NV back in 2008...
Never resulted in a major earthquake....But shaking all the time......
Various threads about today’s quake merged here
Facebook lit up immediately as soon as it happened
Facebook lit up immediately as soon as it happened
Since I began planning the move to the DR I've been checking on quakes. USGS.gov gives me every quake greater than 2.5 everyday. See "latest earthquakes"
I had asked a while ago about the "small" ones and nobody seemed to notice them.
Having been in the Northridge quake in Ca. seen the destruction done to Haiti (donated a boat to move supplies to shore) it is something I pay attention to.
Good it was a horizontal shift too, otherwise the beaches ... no Tsunami.
Still planning on the move though.
Much less than a 3 you probably won't feel especially if it is deep much beyond 50 km and even then you almost have to be standing on top of it. My awareness threshold is 4.5+
The small shakers aren't an issue and most around these parts are 2.5 - 3.5. There are lots of them and I've stopped posting about those especially in the Mona Passage.
Come on down. As in CA you know it's a quake zone and you know these parts can produce strong quakes that can chew the place up due to building practices and poor infrastructure. We are due for another big one anytime but most days that doesn't affect the temperature of the beer.
The small shakers aren't an issue and most around these parts are 2.5 - 3.5. There are lots of them and I've stopped posting about those especially in the Mona Passage.
Come on down. As in CA you know it's a quake zone and you know these parts can produce strong quakes that can chew the place up due to building practices and poor infrastructure. We are due for another big one anytime but most days that doesn't affect the temperature of the beer.
From today's Daily Headline News post:
For years now, experts have forecast the DR should be prepared for a 8+ earthquake.
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.p...ebruary-2019?p=1933444&viewfull=1#post1933444
For years now, experts have forecast the DR should be prepared for a 8+ earthquake.
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.p...ebruary-2019?p=1933444&viewfull=1#post1933444
I see some of the construction going on and wonder how bad it would be if Santo Domingo got a big quake. Earthquakes don't kill ppl, it's the buildings.
One apt I saw in Higüey had its roof made of mixes of a bag of mortar, a wheelbarrow of sand(prob unwashed beach sand) and dirt. Yes, dirt. I was tempted to steal some for my garden. Makes you wonder how much rebar they used. I don't see much real aggregate used anywhere.
One apt I saw in Higüey had its roof made of mixes of a bag of mortar, a wheelbarrow of sand(prob unwashed beach sand) and dirt. Yes, dirt. I was tempted to steal some for my garden. Makes you wonder how much rebar they used. I don't see much real aggregate used anywhere.