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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near La Romana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.8993S, -68.9383WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019014002. Id of event: pr2019014002. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9383° West, 17.8993° North, depth 112 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 06:08:00 / January 14, 2019 @ 6:08 am. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:08:00 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, San Pedro de Macorís, San Rafael del Yuma.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9383° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km S 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 2019-01-14 06:08:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-14 08:11:37 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 135 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 0.8294 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 249 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 pr2019014002 Id of event.
Event Code 2019014002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019014002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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