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Minor earthquake, 3.58 mag was detected near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.9368S, -68.502WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000d0b2, pr2021015014. Unique identifier: pr2021015014. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.502° West, 18.9368° North. The temblor was detected at 12:31:33 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 12:31:33 / January 15, 2021 @ 12:31 pm.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, La Romana, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.58 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.502° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NNE of Otra Banda, 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 2021-01-15 12:31:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-15 14:44:49 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 197 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 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 pr2021015014 Id of event.
Event Code 2021015014 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d0b2,pr2021015014, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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