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Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on March 30, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0846S, -68.2091WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2020090002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020090002, us70008ii2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/20 / 2020-03-30 04:39:18 / March 30, 2020 @ 4:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2091 West, latitude 19.0846 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was reported at 23:39:18 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2091° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0846° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km 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 2020-03-30 04:39:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-30 07:11:55 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 157 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0115 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 pr2020090002 Id of event.
Event Code 2020090002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020090002,us70008ii2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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