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Minor earthquake: M3.73 quake has struck near Guaymate in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.513S, -68.908WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 109 km, -68.908° West, 18.513° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020265004. Event ids that are associated: pr2020265004. The temblor was picked up at 04:46:10 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/20 / 2020-09-21 04:46:10 / September 21, 2020 @ 4:46 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.73 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of Guaymate, 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 2020-09-21 04:46:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-21 09:37:51 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 214 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5266 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 pr2020265004 Id of event.
Event Code 2020265004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020265004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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