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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 41 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.063S, -68.6588WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6588 West, latitude 19.063 North, depth = 47 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018046002. Id of event: pr2018046002. The temblor was detected at 05:54:05 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 09:54:05 / February 15, 2018 @ 9:54 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6588° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.063° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km 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 2018-02-15 09:54:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-15 12:02:30 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 168 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6152 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 213 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 pr2018046002 Id of event.
Event Code 2018046002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018046002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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