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Minor earthquake: M3.48 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 1, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6203S, -68.106WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was reported 51 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (32 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.106 West, latitude 19.6203 North, depth = 37 km. Unique identifier: pr2019032012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019032012, us2000jc65. The temblor was picked up at 16:48:49 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 21:48:49 / February 1, 2019 @ 9:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.48 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.106° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6203° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km 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 2019-02-01 21:48:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-01 22:41:48 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 186 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1401 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 246 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 pr2019032012 Id of event.
Event Code 2019032012 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019032012,us2000jc65, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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