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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 31, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9245S, -68.5065WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.5065° West, 17.9245° North, depth 94 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 03:13:43 / December 30, 2019 @ 3:13 am. The temblor was reported at 22:13:43 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019364047. Unique identifier: pr2019364047.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5065° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km SSE 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 2019-12-30 03:13:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-31 01:33:51 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 124 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3993 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.02 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 pr2019364047 Id of event.
Event Code 2019364047 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019364047, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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