Minor earthquake: M3.59 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). The 3.59-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:54:52 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 02:54:52 / February 20, 2018 @ 2:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7476 West, latitude 19.4595 North, depth = 89 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018051001. Id of event: pr2018051001.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Nearby 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 seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7476° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4595° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61km NNE 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	2018-02-20 02:54:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-20 06:41:45	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	198	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.014	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	298	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	pr2018051001	Id of event.
Event Code	2018051001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018051001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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