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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Guaymate in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.5801S, -69.0553WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 127.37 km (79 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:06:13 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 06:06:13 / December 30, 2019 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0553 West, latitude 18.5801 North, depth = 127.37 km. Unique identifier: us70006ssv. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019364050, us70006ssv.

Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Punta Cana, Bayaguana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km W of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0553° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5801° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km W of Guaymate, 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 2019-12-30 06:06:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-31 11:02:31 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.371 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006ssv Id of event.
Event Code 70006ssv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019364050,us70006ssv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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