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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on January 30, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3016S, -68.1906WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 82 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (51 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:59:28 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1906 West, latitude 19.3016 North, depth = 106 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 06:59:28 / January 30, 2019 @ 6:59 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019030013. Unique identifier: pr2019030013.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km NNE 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 2019-01-30 06:59:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-30 11:06:51 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 134 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 0.8105 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291 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 pr2019030013 Id of event.
Event Code 2019030013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019030013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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