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Minor earthquake, 3.88 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2476S, -68.4061WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 16:28:18 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 16:28:18 / April 18, 2024 @ 4:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.4061° West, 18.2476° North, depth 85 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcz0, pr2024109001. Unique identifier: pr2024109001.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4061° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2476° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 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 2024-04-18 16:28:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 15:46:02 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 232 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 1.303 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 pr2024109001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024109001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcz0,pr2024109001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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