Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -67.9291° West, 18.1373° North, depth 120 km. Global time and date of event 02/07/17 / 2017-07-02 07:47:35 / July 2, 2017 @ 7:47 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120 km (75 miles). The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:47:35 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2017183002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017183002.

Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabo Rojo, Aguada, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 70 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.41 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.9291° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.1373° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	120 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	70km 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	2017-07-02 07:47:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-03 03:36:00	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	179	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	0.5134	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	195	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	pr2017183002	Id of event.
Event Code	2017183002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017183002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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