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Minor earthquake, 3.28 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2758S, -68.2876WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2019244008. Event ids that are associated: pr2019244008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 06:34:55 / September 1, 2019 @ 6:34 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 149 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:34:55 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2876° West, 18.2758° North, depth 149 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2876° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 149 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km ESE 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 2019-09-01 06:34:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-01 06:59:02 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 166 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 pr2019244008 Id of event.
Event Code 2019244008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019244008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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