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Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag has occurred near Guaymate in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5833S, -68.9113WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 15:12:12 / July 4, 2018 @ 3:12 pm. Event id: pr2018185005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018185005. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9113° West, 18.5833° North, depth 127 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 127 km (79 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:12:12 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Boca Chica, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km E of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9113° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km E of Guaymate, 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 2018-07-04 15:12:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-04 15:48:06 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 157 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5344 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 pr2018185005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018185005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018185005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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