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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.3181S, -68.5175WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 124 km (77 miles). Event id: pr2018324000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018324000. Exact location of event, depth 124 km, -68.5175° West, 18.3181° North. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:39 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 01:21:39 / November 20, 2018 @ 1:21 am.

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. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 11 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3181° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SE 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 2018-11-20 01:21:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-20 03:34:04 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 138 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 pr2018324000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018324000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018324000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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