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Minor earthquake: M2.98 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0216S, -68.8876WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -68.8876° West, latitude 19.0216° North, depth = 84 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84 km (52 miles). Event id: pr2018282011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018282011. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 14:19:56 / October 9, 2018 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:19:56 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Las Terrenas, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8876° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0216° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km ENE of Miches, 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 2018-10-09 14:19:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-09 17:15:49 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 137 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7169 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 221 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 pr2018282011 Id of event.
Event Code 2018282011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018282011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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