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Minor earthquake, 3.98 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.4915S, -68.1018WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 94 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (58 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:24:48 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2019030020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019030020, us1000is57. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 17:24:48 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.1018° West, 19.4915° North, depth 63 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1018° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km 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 17:24:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-30 18:27:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 244 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0167 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 pr2019030020 Id of event.
Event Code 2019030020 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019030020,us1000is57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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