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Minor earthquake, 3.92 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on January 3, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0693S, -68.9171WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 20:04:09 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 101 km (63 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019003000, us2000izy5. Id of event: pr2019003000. Exact location of event, depth 101 km, -68.9171° West, 18.0693° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 00:04:09 / January 3, 2019 @ 12:04 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Hato Mayor del Rey, Boca Chica. Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9171° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0693° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NE of La Romana, 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 2019-01-03 00:04:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-03 00:27:48 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 236 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6962 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 pr2019003000 Id of event.
Event Code 2019003000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019003000,us2000izy5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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