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Minor earthquake, 3.51 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.5733S, -68.6895WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 89 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 10:20:29 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:20:29 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020001151. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001151. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6895 West, latitude 17.5733 North, depth = 49 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.51 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6895° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5733° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89km S 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 2020-01-01 10:20:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-04 19:44:28 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 190 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.0843 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 350 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 pr2020001151 Id of event.
Event Code 2020001151 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020001151, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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