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Minor earthquake, 3.38 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.095S, -67.9043WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2020034028. Event ids that are associated: pr2020034028. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). The 3.38-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:33:34 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9043 West, latitude 19.095 North, depth = 21 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/20 / 2020-02-03 16:33:34 / February 3, 2020 @ 4:33 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 77 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.38 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9043° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.095° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km NE of Punta Cana, 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 2020-02-03 16:33:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-03 17:05:53 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 176 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 324 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 pr2020034028 Id of event.
Event Code 2020034028 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020034028, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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