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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.2121S, -67.9646WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 11/09/18 / 2018-09-11 09:01:49 / September 11, 2018 @ 9:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9646 West, latitude 18.2121 North, depth = 98 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:01:49 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 98 km (61 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018254005. Event ids that are associated: pr2018254005.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SE 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 2018-09-11 09:01:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-11 09:57:08 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 123 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 pr2018254005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018254005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018254005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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