Minor earthquake: M3.37 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Event id: pr71446263. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71446263. The temblor was picked up at 10:51:43 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.324333333333 West, latitude 18.084333333333 North, depth = 48.7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 10:51:43 / April 23, 2024 @ 10:51 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.7 km (30 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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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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: 44 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Boca de Yuma Dominican Republic La Romana Otra Banda Punta Cana Salvaleon de Higuey San Rafael del Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.37 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.324333333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.084333333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	48.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44 km SE 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	2024-04-23 10:51:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-23 11:21:14	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	175	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4312	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	211	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	pr71446263	Id of event.
Event Code	71446263	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr71446263,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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