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Minor earthquake, 3.35 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.112S, -68.061166666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.061166666667° West, 18.112° North, depth 92.46 km. Event id: pr71449363. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzku, pr71449363. The 3.35-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:49:59 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92.46 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 03:49:59 / May 19, 2024 @ 3:49 am.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.35 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.061166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.112° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km SE of Punta Cana, 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 2024-05-19 03:49:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 04:21:53 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 173 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 0.5025 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 pr71449363 Id of event.
Event Code 71449363 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzku,pr71449363, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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