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Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8926S, -68.635WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The temblor was detected at 18:57:33 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 23:57:33 / August 10, 2018 @ 11:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). Exact location of event, depth 59 km, -68.635° West, 17.8926° North. Event id: pr2018222010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018222010, us1000g6pe.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, La Romana (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 59 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km 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 2018-08-10 23:57:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-11 00:38:13 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 179 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,us, 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 0.6711 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 209 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 pr2018222010 Id of event.
Event Code 2018222010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018222010,us1000g6pe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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