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Minor earthquake 2.97 mag, 25 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1503S, -68.5885WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:37:34 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 00:37:34 / June 24, 2018 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018175000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018175000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5885 West, latitude 18.1503 North, depth = 96 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 25 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5885° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1503° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km 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 2018-06-24 00:37:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-24 04:57:47 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 136 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 0.4184 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 pr2018175000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018175000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018175000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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