Minor earthquake, 3.95 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2024145004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024145004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 161 km (100 miles). The 3.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:23:03 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 17:23:03 / May 24, 2024 @ 5:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.9456 West, latitude 18.4078 North, depth = 161 km.

The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana, El Valle (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9456° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.4078° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	161 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SE of La Romana, 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 17:23:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-24 17:47:41	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	240	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	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.9147	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.45 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	171	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	pr2024145004	Id of event.
Event Code	2024145004	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024145004,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

3.95 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.9456° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.4078° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

161 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3 km SE of La Romana, 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 17:23:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-05-24 17:47:41

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

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

240

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.9147

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.45 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

171

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pr2024145004

Id of event.

Event Code

2024145004

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pr2024145004,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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