Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Guaymate in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 14:41:20 / May 20, 2024 @ 2:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9452 West, latitude 18.6689 North, depth = 111.219 km. Event id: us6000mztj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mztj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.219 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:41:20 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9452° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.6689° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	111.219 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NNE of Guaymate, 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	2024-05-20 14:41:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-20 15:04:27	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	168	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.557	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	129	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000mztj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mztj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mztj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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