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Minor earthquake: M2.95 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.6253S, -67.785WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 132 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (82 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018135000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018135000. Exact location of event, longitude -67.785 West, latitude 19.6253 North, depth = 46 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:16:04 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 03:16:04 / May 15, 2018 @ 3:16 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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 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: 132 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.785° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6253° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km 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 2018-05-15 03:16:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-15 10:02:39 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 134 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2613 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 282 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 pr2018135000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018135000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018135000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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