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Minor earthquake 3.93 mag, 7 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 14, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4926S, -68.9798WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 3.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:19:10 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9798 West, latitude 18.4926 North, depth = 174 km. Id of earthquake: pr2020349004. Event ids that are associated: us7000cqw2, pr2020349004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 03:19:10 / December 14, 2020 @ 3:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 174 km (108 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 7 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9798° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km N of La Romana, 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 04:37:17 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 238 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5988 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 253 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 pr2020349004 Id of event.
Event Code 2020349004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cqw2,pr2020349004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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