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Minor earthquake, 3.39 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2693S, -68.126WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Event id: pr2020313007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020313007. The temblor was detected at 12:29:08 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.126° West, latitude 19.2693° North, depth = 29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 12:29:08 / November 8, 2020 @ 12:29 pm.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

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

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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: 81 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.39 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.126° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2693° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km NNE 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 2020-11-08 12:29:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-08 13:01:19 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 177 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7974 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 335 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 pr2020313007 Id of event.
Event Code 2020313007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020313007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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