Minor earthquake, 3.54 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 91 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles). Global time and date of event 27/01/21 / 2021-01-27 08:56:09 / January 27, 2021 @ 8:56 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2021027007. Event ids that are associated: pr2021027007. Exact location, longitude -68.1295° West, latitude 19.3668° North, depth = 47 km. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:56:09 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.54 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.1295° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3668° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	91 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	2021-01-27 08:56:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-27 09:16:02	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	193	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.8893	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	268	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	pr2021027007	Id of event.
Event Code	2021027007	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2021027007,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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