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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag has occurred near Dominican Republic region

Posted by admin on May 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9001S, -68.501WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported Dominican Republic region kilometers (0 miles) from Dominican Republic region on Sunday. Event id: pr2017134010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017134010. Exact location of event, depth 88 km, -68.501° West, 17.9001° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/17 / 2017-05-14 18:25:08 / May 14, 2017 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:25:08 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Dominican Republic region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.501° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88 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 2017-05-14 18:25:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-18 01:06:09 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 188 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 0.6253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 284 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 pr2017134010 Id of event.
Event Code 2017134010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017134010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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