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Minor earthquake 3.51 mag, 4 km NNE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.6225S, -68.9581WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 111 km (69 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9581 West, latitude 18.6225 North, depth = 111 km. The temblor was reported at 22:52:04 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 02:52:04 / December 28, 2018 @ 2:52 am. Event id: pr2018362000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018362000.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Bayaguana, Boca Chica.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km NNE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.51 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9581° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NNE of Guaymate, 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 2018-12-28 02:52:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-28 03:25:07 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 190 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5868 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 pr2018362000 Id of event.
Event Code 2018362000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018362000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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