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Minor earthquake 3.97 mag, 41 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2145S, -68.254WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2024131000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024131000, us6000mxmf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 00:36:34 / May 10, 2024 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 170 km (106 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:36:34 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.254 West, latitude 18.2145 North, depth = 170 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.254° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE 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 2024-05-10 00:36:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 01:14:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 243 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 pr2024131000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024131000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024131000,us6000mxmf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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