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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 7, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.034S, -67.8546WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.48 km (11 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:46:03 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.8546° West, 19.034° North, depth 18.48 km. Global time and date of event 07/08/20 / 2020-08-07 08:46:03 / August 7, 2020 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bagw. Unique identifier: us6000bagw.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8546° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.034° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 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 2020-08-07 08:46:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-07 08:51:21 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 158 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.718 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000bagw Id of event.
Event Code 6000bagw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bagw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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