1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake

Earthquake off the coast of the Dominican Republic 1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake 1984-06-24 11:17:14 551495 iscgem551495 1984 06 24 y 07:17:14 Dominican Republic 6.7 w y 35 km 17.97 N 69.3 W inline,title Thrust VII Dominican Republic Limited 5 deaths The 1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake occurred on June 24 at 07:17:14 local time 11:17:14 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The event occurred off the southern coast of the Dominican Republic and resulted in an estimated five fatalities. Tectonic setting The northern boundary of the Caribbean plate is a diffuse zone of varied fault types. The Muertos Trough marks the southern portion of this zone of deformation with north dipping convergence.Active Faults of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=aQUgAwAAQBAJ Yeats R. 2012 Cambridge University Press 978-0521190855 147 Earthquake This thrust earthquake occurred on a shallow and north-dipping fault and, at the time, it was the largest instrumentally recorded event in the Los Muertos Trough.Active Strike-slip and Collisional Tectonics of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone Active tectonics of the north-central Caribbean: Oblique collision, strain partitioning, and opposing subducted slabs https://books.google.com/books?id=aO1P67XkwYwC J. F. Dolan H. T. Mullins D. J. Wald 1998 Special Paper 326 Geological Society of America 42 978-0813723266 Intensity The United States Geological Survey estimated that more than 227,000 people were exposed to intensity VII (Very strong) shaking and more than 2.8 million experienced intensity VI (Strong) shaking.EXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ December 1, 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 Aftershock Five hours after the mainshock, a destructive 5.2 w aftershock occurred about 5–10 miles to the northeast. Five deaths are also attributed to this event.PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 See also Geography of the Dominican Republic Hispaniola List of earthquakes in the Caribbean References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set External links 551495 Category:Earthquakes in the Caribbean Category:Natural disasters in the Dominican Republic Category:1984 earthquakes