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Minor earthquake 3.07 mag, 19 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.6706S, -68.2426WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018114013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018114013. Exact location, longitude -68.2426° West, latitude 18.6706° North, depth = 94 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 11:17:53 / April 24, 2018 @ 11:17 am UTC/GMT. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:53 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey. Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2426° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km ENE 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 2018-04-24 11:17:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-24 17:36:31 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 145 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 1.3133 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 pr2018114013 Id of event.
Event Code 2018114013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018114013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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