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Minor earthquake 3 mag, 55 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 29, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4103S, -68.7743WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019149003. Unique identifier: pr2019149003. The epicenter was at a depth of 87 km (54 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:25:09 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 87 km, -68.7743° West, 19.4103° North. Global time and date of event 29/05/19 / 2019-05-29 05:25:09 / May 29, 2019 @ 5:25 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sabana de La Mar, Samaná. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7743° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4103° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km NNE of Miches, 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 2019-05-29 05:25:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-29 09:24:17 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 138 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 0.4311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 pr2019149003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019149003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019149003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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