Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Dominican Republic region

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported Dominican Republic region (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/17 / 2017-05-17 05:49:31 / May 17, 2017 @ 5:49 am. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:49:31 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017137001. Id of event: pr2017137001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 112 km, -68.119° West, 17.938° North.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: Dominican Republic region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.119° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.938° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	112 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Dominican Republic region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-17 05:49:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-17 23:58:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	123	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	0.6329	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	249	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	pr2017137001	Id of event.
Event Code	2017137001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017137001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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