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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.5079S, -67.9229WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 00:42:21 / July 16, 2016 @ 12:42 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16198000. Unique identifier: pr16198000. Exact location of event, depth 92 km, -67.9229° West, 18.5079° North. The temblor was detected at 19:42:21 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Otra Banda, Aguada. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).

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

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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: 51 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9229° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km E 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 2016-07-16 00:42:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-16 03:58:02 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.77165283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165.6 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 pr16198000 Id of event.
Event Code 16198000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16198000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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