Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Small World Earthquakes

Minor earthquake 2.84 mag, 52 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1501S, -68.1745WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018285005. Unique identifier: pr2018285005. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 06:27:25 / October 12, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 94 km, -68.1745° West, 18.1501° North. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:27:25 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Did you feel it?

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: 52 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1745° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1501° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km ESE 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 2018-10-12 06:27:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-12 08:43:57 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 124 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0745 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 pr2018285005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018285005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018285005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply