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Minor earthquake 3.11 mag, 24 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on January 30, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1738S, -68.523WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 07:07:56 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020029037. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029037. Exact location of earthquake, -68.523° West, 18.1738° North, depth 84 km. Global time and date of event 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 11:07:56 / January 29, 2020 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.523° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1738° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km 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 2020-01-29 11:07:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-30 23:51:42 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 149 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0648 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 341 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 pr2020029037 Id of event.
Event Code 2020029037 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020029037, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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