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Minor earthquake, 3.37 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0935S, -67.9945WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -67.9945° West, 19.0935° North. The temblor was reported at 08:05:29 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/20 / 2020-11-06 08:05:29 / November 6, 2020 @ 8:05 am. Event id: pr2020311002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cb87, pr2020311002. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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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: 71 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 3.37 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9945° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0935° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 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 2020-11-06 08:05:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-06 08:56:28 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 175 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 261 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 pr2020311002 Id of event.
Event Code 2020311002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cb87,pr2020311002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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