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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on July 3, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.079S, -68.2245WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79 km (49 miles). Event id: pr2020182021. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020182021. Exact location of event, depth 79 km, -68.2245° West, 18.079° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/20 / 2020-06-30 06:28:48 / June 30, 2020 @ 6:28 am. The temblor was reported at 06:28:48 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2245° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SE 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 2020-06-30 06:28:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-03 08:01:38 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 188 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 247 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 pr2020182021 Id of event.
Event Code 2020182021 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020182021, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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