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Minor earthquake, 3.84 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.028S, -68.3085WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 15:54:36 / May 12, 2024 @ 3:54 pm. Event id: pr2024133000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my3j, pr2024133000. Exact location, longitude -68.3085° West, latitude 18.028° North, depth = 66 km. The temblor was reported at 15:54:36 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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: 50 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3085° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.028° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km SE of Boca de Yuma, 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 2024-05-12 15:54:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 19:01:11 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 227 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4913 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215 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 pr2024133000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024133000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my3j,pr2024133000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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