USGS PRELIM: M 3.2 Quake 84 km NE of Higüa Altagracia, Dominican Rep

USGS - via twitter ^ | April 2, 2010 | USGS -

[VRWCTexan]

PRELIM: M8.0 05:38 4/02 19.1N 68.1W 84 km NE of Higüa Altagracia, Dominican Republic NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Z=13km DR 2 33f06

[Ken H]

That's big enough to capsize the island!

[SE Mom]

Exactly right!

[chrispycsuf]

There was a 3.2 earlier in the day....but much earlier

[SE Mom]

Yeah, but they look alike. Somebody scribbles a bad "3" it might look like an "8". Or maybe you spill coffee on that "3" report, or whatever, and it starts getting "8"ish.

In the old days- that might have been the case- but now there's probably not a piece of paper in sight- to scribble actual thoughts, or doodle..

[TaraP]

And More...

Earthquake Event
Geological map
Characteristics for this report
Information source World Data Centre for Seismology, Denver (NEIC)
Link to source event report (dr2)
Magnitude 8 M
Depth 13.9 km
Location Geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude): 19.0527, -68.0527
Dominican Republic , La Altagracia Province (population: 120368).
Seismic region: Dominican Republic Region.

The earthquake happened in Dominican Republic , La Altagracia Province (population: 120368). . The nearest populated places are [None].

It is a hilly region with a maximum altitude of 550 m.

Time 4/2/2010 5:38:55 AM (UTC, Universal Standard Time)
4/2/2010 1:06:42 AM (Estimated local solar time)
Fri, 4/2/2010 06:38 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome)
Fri, 4/2/2010 00:38 EST (New York, Washington)
Thu, 4/1/2010 21:38 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles)

[VRWCTexan]

Good one !!!

[winoneforthegipper]

time listed utc is way off. It’s now the 3rd aprox 01:30utc.

Wonder how that all happened?

[cripplecreek]

The American military is starting to leave the other end of the island and its starting to settle. When it slaps back down on the water its gonna cause a heck of a tsunami.

[SouthTexas]

Program I have shows a 4.2 several hours ago.

[grame]

no but I have difficulty with key pads that are reversed from what my norm is. At work the zero is at the bottom, here on my laptop the 0 at the top. My cell starts at the top.

Focus, focus focus.

[VRWCTexan]

Present

Users of the USGS Earthquake Notification System received a message reporting a magnitude 8.0 earthquake near the Dominican Republic. This was a mistake. In an effort to increase our ability to detect smaller earthquakes in the Caribbean region following the January 12th earthquake in Haiti, the USGS began accepting earthquake locations and magnitudes from additional sources in the region. The message reporting a magnitude 8.0 earthquake near the Dominican Republic was incorrect and resulted in the distribution of the errant e-mail. We acknowledge this was a serious mistake and have issued a correction.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/