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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Guaymate in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5165S, -68.8953WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 03:19:10 / December 14, 2020 @ 3:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 167.85 km (104 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:19:10 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.8953° West, 18.5165° North, depth 167.85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cqw2. Id of event: us7000cqw2.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km SE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8953° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 167.85 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 2020-12-14 03:19:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-14 03:50:35 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 168 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 0.488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us7000cqw2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cqw2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cqw2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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