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Minor earthquake: M3.26 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.9648S, -68.0401WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020264007. Unique identifier: pr2020264007. The epicenter was at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36 km, -68.0401° West, 18.9648° North. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:59:13 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/20 / 2020-09-20 13:59:13 / September 20, 2020 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: 57 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0401° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9648° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 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 2020-09-20 13:59:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-20 15:21:31 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 164 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8071 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 334 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 pr2020264007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020264007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020264007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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