Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80 km (50 miles). Event id: pr16137002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16137002. Global time and date of event 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 01:09:45 / May 16, 2016 @ 1:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:09:45 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6017 West, latitude 18.0172 North, depth = 80 km.

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: 39 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6017° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.0172° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	80 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km S 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	2016-05-16 01:09:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-16 04:00:04	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.06450361	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	223.2	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	pr16137002	Id of event.
Event Code	16137002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr16137002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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