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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2268S, -68.4996WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 04:27:21 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 09:27:21 / February 8, 2018 @ 9:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36 km, -68.4996° West, 19.2268° North. Unique identifier: pr2018039013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018039013.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Punta Cana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4996° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2268° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km ENE of Miches, 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 2018-02-08 09:27:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-08 14:59:43 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 121 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 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 pr2018039013 Id of event.
Event Code 2018039013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018039013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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