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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.1201S, -68.7626WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 05:35:16 / September 27, 2015 @ 5:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:35:16 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7626 West, latitude 19.1201 North, depth = 97 km. Id of earthquake: pr15270010. Event ids that are associated: pr15270010.

Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7626° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1201° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km ENE of Miches, 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 2015-09-27 05:35:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-27 06:18:41 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 199 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.70158424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 309.6 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 pr15270010 Id of event.
Event Code 15270010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15270010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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