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Minor earthquake: M3.61 quake has struck near Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 130 km (81 miles). Event id: pr2017359000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017359000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6986 West, latitude 18.5765 North, depth = 130 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:36:32 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 10:36:32 / December 25, 2017 @ 10:36 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, El Valle, Quisqueya (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SSE of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic El Valle Hato Mayor del Rey La Romana Los Llanos Punta Cana Quisqueya Salvaleon de Higuey San Pedro de Macoris Santa Cruz de El Seibo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.61 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6986° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5765° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	130 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km SSE of Salvaleon de Higuey, 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	2017-12-25 10:36:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-25 11:07:00	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	200	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3233	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	132	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	pr2017359000	Id of event.
Event Code	2017359000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017359000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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