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Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9166S, -68.5188WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 126 km (78 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5188 West, latitude 17.9166 North, depth = 126 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 05:11:50 / November 25, 2018 @ 5:11 am. Unique identifier: pr2018329001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018329001. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:11:50 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, La Romana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5188° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km S 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 2018-11-25 05:11:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-25 08:24:24 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 157 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 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 pr2018329001 Id of event.
Event Code 2018329001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018329001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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