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Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0611S, -68.92WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019023004. Id of event: pr2019023004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 03:52:57 / January 23, 2019 @ 3:52 am. Exact location of event, depth 87 km, -68.92° West, 19.0611° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:52:57 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter).

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 Bayaguana, Los Llanos, San Pedro de Macorís. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.49 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.92° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0611° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km ENE of Miches, 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 2019-01-23 03:52:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-23 08:05:53 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 187 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 227 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 pr2019023004 Id of event.
Event Code 2019023004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019023004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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