Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag has occurred near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7545 West, latitude 18.424 North, depth = 116 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116 km (72 miles). The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:23:22 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 03:23:22 / December 30, 2017 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017364000. Unique identifier: pr2017364000.

The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quisqueya, Miches, Hato Mayor del Rey. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. 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: 8 km W of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7545° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.424° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	116 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km W of San Rafael del 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	2017-12-30 03:23:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-30 08:02:25	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	155	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	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3838	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	186	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	pr2017364000	Id of event.
Event Code	2017364000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2017364000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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