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Minor earthquake: M3.6 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 28, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2138S, -68.1246WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr16302004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16302004. The temblor was detected at 10:13:15 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.1246° West, 18.2138° North, depth 87 km. Global time and date of event 28/10/16 / 2016-10-28 15:13:15 / October 28, 2016 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 50 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1246° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km SE 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 2016-10-28 15:13:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-28 15:35:00 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.38537726 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 216 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 pr16302004 Id of event.
Event Code 16302004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr16302004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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