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Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1943S, -68.5935WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.5935° West, latitude 18.1943° North, depth = 54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 02:11:03 / April 30, 2018 @ 2:11 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:11:03 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018120003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018120003.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5935° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km S 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 2018-04-30 02:11:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-30 06:38:11 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 138 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 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 pr2018120003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018120003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018120003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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