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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 63 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0364S, -68.0439WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/20 / 2020-09-23 22:03:55 / September 23, 2020 @ 10:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0439 West, latitude 19.0364 North, depth = 12.68 km. The temblor was detected at 22:03:55 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000c0at. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c0at. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.68 km (8 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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: 63 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0439° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0364° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2020-09-23 22:03:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-23 22:12:03 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 148 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 0.609 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us6000c0at Id of event.
Event Code 6000c0at An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c0at, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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