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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 8, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6286S, -68.0806WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Id of earthquake: pr2018342003. Event ids that are associated: pr2018342003. The temblor was reported at 23:03:57 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 75 km, -68.0806° West, 18.6286° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 04:03:57 / December 8, 2018 @ 4:03 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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

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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: 34 km E of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0806° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6286° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km E 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 2018-12-08 04:03:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-08 08:30:49 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 129 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3219 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 pr2018342003 Id of event.
Event Code 2018342003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018342003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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