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Minor earthquake, 3.01 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1443S, -68.0861WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0861 West, latitude 19.1443 North, depth = 75 km. Event id: pr2018108008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018108008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 13:06:09 / April 18, 2018 @ 1:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:06:09 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0861° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1443° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km NNE of Punta Cana, 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 2018-04-18 13:06:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-18 13:23:59 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 139 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1867 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212 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 pr2018108008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018108008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018108008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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