Minor earthquake: M2.91 quake has struck near Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 21:37:07 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019331006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019331006. Exact location of event, depth 128 km, -68.7268° West, 18.5545° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 01:37:07 / November 27, 2019 @ 1:37 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128 km (80 miles).

Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor del Rey.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSW of Salvaleon de Higuey, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7268° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5545° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	128 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km SSW of Salvaleon de Higuey, 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	2019-11-27 01:37:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-27 04:29:58	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	130	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8681	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	182	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	pr2019331006	Id of event.
Event Code	2019331006	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2019331006,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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