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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 197 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 20.6423S, -68.2136WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 197 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic (122 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2136 West, latitude 20.6423 North, depth = 23.23 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:20:42 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/11/18 / 2018-11-23 22:20:42 / November 23, 2018 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000hvzz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hvzz.

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 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 197 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2136° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.6423° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 197km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, 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 2018-11-23 22:20:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-24 01:02:35 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.122 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 317 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000hvzz Id of event.
Event Code 1000hvzz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hvzz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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