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Minor earthquake: M3.03 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.0703S, -68.0641WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:49:20 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018331010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018331010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0641 West, latitude 18.0703 North, depth = 69 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 22:49:20 / November 27, 2018 @ 10:49 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0703° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km 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 2018-11-27 22:49:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-27 23:22:02 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 141 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 0.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 pr2018331010 Id of event.
Event Code 2018331010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018331010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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