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Minor earthquake 3.95 mag, 58 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 19.3656S, -68.6663WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.6663° West, latitude 19.3656° North, depth = 103 km. Global time and date of event 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 17:46:58 / May 12, 2024 @ 5:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:46:58 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 103 km (64 miles). Event id: pr2024133001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my4c, pr2024133001.

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Salvaleón de Higüey, Sabana de La Mar. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km NE of Miches, 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 17:46:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 19:19:11 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 240 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7958 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 pr2024133001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024133001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my4c,pr2024133001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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