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Minor earthquake, 3.98 mag strikes near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic

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Earthquake location 18.9471S, -68.571WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 15:32:42 / April 20, 2024 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2024111000. Event ids that are associated: us7000mdhj, pr2024111000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 45 km, -68.571° West, 18.9471° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:32:42 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Samaná, El Valle. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 34 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.571° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km NNE of Otra Banda, 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 2024-04-20 15:32:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 19:12:44 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 244 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4729 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 pr2024111000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024111000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdhj,pr2024111000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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