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Minor earthquake: M3.21 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.0653S, -68.7958WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 20:38:22 / March 30, 2018 @ 8:38 pm. Event id: pr2018089008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018089008. The temblor was picked up at 16:38:22 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7958 West, latitude 18.0653 North, depth = 147 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Pedro de Macorís, Otra Banda. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7958° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SSW of Boca de 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 2018-03-30 20:38:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-31 02:06:00 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 159 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6107 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 325 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 pr2018089008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018089008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018089008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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