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Minor earthquake: M3.44 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 23, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6023S, -68.6828WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 12:51:55 / October 23, 2019 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:51:55 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 55 km, -68.6828° West, 19.6023° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019296017. Event ids that are associated: pr2019296017.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Miches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 78 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6828° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6023° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km 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 2019-10-23 12:51:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-23 17:48:51 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 182 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 348 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 pr2019296017 Id of event.
Event Code 2019296017 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019296017, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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