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Earthquake: M 3.7 quake strikes near Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.7714S, -68.9052WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 21:55:43 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). Global time of event 23/02/15 / 2015-02-23 01:55:43 / February 23, 2015 @ 1:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9052 West, latitude 18.7714 North, depth 93 km, unique identifier, pr15054002.

Close countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9052° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7714° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km E of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-23 01:55:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-23 04:09:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 211 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.72746029 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 342 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr15054002 Id of event.
Event Code 15054002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15054002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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