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Minor earthquake 3.22 mag, 4 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.469S, -68.9786WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.9786° West, latitude 18.469° North, depth = 110 km. Event id: pr2019093005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019093005. The temblor was detected at 12:38:39 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 16:38:39 / April 3, 2019 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9786° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.469° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km N of La Romana, 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 2019-04-03 16:38:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-03 18:36:21 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 160 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5989 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 pr2019093005 Id of event.
Event Code 2019093005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019093005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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