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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.7S, -68.1676WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 121 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic (75 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:41:33 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1676° West, latitude 19.7° North, depth = 74 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/16 / 2016-01-05 06:41:33 / January 5, 2016 @ 6:41 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr16005001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16005001.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 121 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1676° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km NE 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 2016-01-05 06:41:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-05 07:14:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.19565764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 277.2 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 pr16005001 Id of event.
Event Code 16005001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16005001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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