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Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag was detected near Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.54S, -68.921WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Dominican Republic kilometers (0 miles) from Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 03:21:58 / December 8, 2020 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020343005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020343005. Exact location of earthquake, -68.921° West, 18.54° North, depth 116 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 116 km (72 miles). The 3.08-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:21:58 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop).

Each 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 ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.921° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.54° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 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 2020-12-08 03:21:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-08 03:48:59 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 146 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5402 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 pr2020343005 Id of event.
Event Code 2020343005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020343005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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