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Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2356S, -67.906WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018258012. Unique identifier: pr2018258012. The temblor was detected at 16:46:48 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 92 km, -67.906° West, 18.2356° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 21:46:48 / September 15, 2018 @ 9:46 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Aguada, Rincón (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 65 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2356° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km 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 2018-09-15 21:46:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-16 00:13:32 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 143 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 0.8279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 325 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 pr2018258012 Id of event.
Event Code 2018258012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018258012, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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