Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag has occurred near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6696 West, latitude 18.457 North, depth = 120 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 19:19:43 / February 5, 2019 @ 7:19 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019036039. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036039. The temblor was reported at 15:19:43 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Hato Mayor del Rey, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km N of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6696° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.457° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	120 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km N of San Rafael del Yuma, 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	2019-02-05 19:19:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-05 20:02:15	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	126	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	5	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2938	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	141	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	pr2019036039	Id of event.
Event Code	2019036039	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2019036039,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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