Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113 km (70 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:08:39 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019326016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019326016. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 14:08:39 / November 22, 2019 @ 2:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3971 West, latitude 18.7806 North, depth = 113 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Miches, Santa Cruz de El Seibo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.3971° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7806° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	113 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km N 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	2019-11-22 14:08:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-22 15:59:27	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	134	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.444	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	192	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	pr2019326016	Id of event.
Event Code	2019326016	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2019326016,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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