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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 26, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.068S, -68.0371WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 109 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:51:15 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 109 km, -68.0371° West, 19.068° North. Event id: pr16147007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16147007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/16 / 2016-05-26 17:51:15 / May 26, 2016 @ 5:51 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0371° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km NE of Punta Cana, 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 2016-05-26 17:51:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-26 22:11:54 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 129 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.06001204 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 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 pr16147007 Id of event.
Event Code 16147007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16147007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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