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Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.98S, -68.0708WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 02:42:41 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.0708 West, latitude 17.98 North, depth = 60 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/05/19 / 2019-05-18 07:42:41 / May 18, 2019 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019138004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019138004.

Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 72 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.98° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km SE of Boca de 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 2019-05-18 07:42:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-18 13:43:54 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 142 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7167 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 pr2019138004 Id of event.
Event Code 2019138004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019138004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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