Minor earthquake 3.81 mag, 11 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2024107000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcim, pr2024107000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 140 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8746° West, 18.4711° North, depth 140 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:56:46 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 20:56:46 / April 16, 2024 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km ENE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.81 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.8746° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.4711° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	140 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km ENE 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	2024-04-16 20:56:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-24 15:26:15	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	223	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.495	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	178	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	pr2024107000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024107000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mcim,pr2024107000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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