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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5018S, -68.4795WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2018291018. Event ids that are associated: pr2018291018. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:28:14 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4795 West, latitude 18.5018 North, depth = 94 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 07:28:14 / October 18, 2018 @ 7:28 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 11 km SW of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4795° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SW 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 2018-10-18 07:28:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-18 11:59:09 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 121 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0988 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 pr2018291018 Id of event.
Event Code 2018291018 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018291018, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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