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Minor earthquake: M3.04 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 31, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3866S, -67.9958WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 98 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9958 West, latitude 19.3866 North, depth = 82 km. The temblor was detected at 18:38:55 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 23:38:55 / August 30, 2019 @ 11:38 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019242006. Id of event: pr2019242006.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 98 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9958° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3866° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km 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 2019-08-30 23:38:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-31 04:39:00 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1275 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 pr2019242006 Id of event.
Event Code 2019242006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019242006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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