Minor earthquake: M3.49 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). The 3.49-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:52:05 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 14:52:05 / June 7, 2020 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020159004. Unique identifier: pr2020159004. Exact location, longitude -68.1861° West, latitude 18.804° North, depth = 18 km.

Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.1861° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.804° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33 km 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	2020-06-07 14:52:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-07 15:33:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	187	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3497	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	163	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	pr2020159004	Id of event.
Event Code	2020159004	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2020159004,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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