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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 27, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3232S, -68.678WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:24:19 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16240009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16240009. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.678 West, latitude 19.3232 North, depth = 65 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 10:24:19 / August 27, 2016 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Sabana de La Mar, Salvaleón de Higüey. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four 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: 54 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.678° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3232° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km NE 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 2016-08-27 10:24:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-27 11:10:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.48239531 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 201.6 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 pr16240009 Id of event.
Event Code 16240009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16240009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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