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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 23, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.396S, -67.7453WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 113 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (70 miles). Event id: pr2018266008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018266008. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:24:56 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 14:24:56 / September 23, 2018 @ 2:24 pm. Exact location of event, depth 28 km, -67.7453° West, 19.396° North.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 113 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7453° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113km NE 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 2018-09-23 14:24:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-23 16:07:16 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 135 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0459 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 328 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 pr2018266008 Id of event.
Event Code 2018266008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018266008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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