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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 101 km (63 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:36:15 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.725 West, latitude 17.972 North, depth = 101 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 03:36:15 / February 28, 2016 @ 3:36 am. Event id: pr16059005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16059005.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Punta Cana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.725° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.972° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	101 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46km SSW of Boca de Yuma, 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	2016-02-28 03:36:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-02-28 07:13:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	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	1.25314982	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	252	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	pr16059005	Id of event.
Event Code	16059005	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr16059005,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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