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Minor earthquake, 3 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on March 29, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0386S, -68.5708WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:20:59 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5708 West, latitude 18.0386 North, depth = 50 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 11:20:59 / March 29, 2017 @ 11:20 am. Unique identifier: pr17088004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17088004.

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns 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 five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 37 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0386° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km 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 2017-03-29 11:20:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-29 16:08:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 138 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.50485319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 288 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 pr17088004 Id of event.
Event Code 17088004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr17088004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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