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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 81 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.3455S, -68.3703WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 81 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic (50 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 16:03:56 / 4:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 21:03:56 / May 15, 2016 @ 9:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Id of earthquake: pr16136011. Event ids that are associated: pr16136011. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3703° West, 19.3455° North, depth 70 km.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3703° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3455° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km 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 2016-05-15 21:03:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-15 23:55:59 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 158 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 0.77344946 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.2 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 pr16136011 Id of event.
Event Code 16136011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16136011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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