Earthquake: M 3.4 quake strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 11:20:41 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 173 km (107 miles). Global time of event 08/03/15 / 2015-03-08 15:20:41 / March 8, 2015 @ 3:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -68.266 West, latitude 18.7355 North, depth 173 km, unique identifier, pr15067008.

Close countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.266° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7355° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	173 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km NE of Punta Cana, 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	2015-03-08 15:20:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-08 17:00:34	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	178	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	3	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.12738568	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	345.6	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	pr15067008	Id of event.
Event Code	15067008	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr15067008,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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