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Minor earthquake, 3.81 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2024145001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024145001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 04:00:48 / May 24, 2024 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:00:48 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 139 km, -68.6813° West, 19.0425° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Sabana de La Mar, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 39 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Dominican Republic El Valle Hato Mayor del Rey La Romana Miches Punta Cana Sabana de La Mar Salvaleon de Higuey Santa Cruz de El Seibo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.81 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6813° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.0425° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	139 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km E of Miches, 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	2024-05-24 04:00:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-24 04:40:30	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	223	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.8156	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	215	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	pr2024145001	Id of event.
Event Code	2024145001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024145001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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