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Minor earthquake, 3.97 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5548S, -68.082WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 112 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (70 miles). Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 09:10:41 / May 28, 2024 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2024149000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n1fb, pr2024149000. The temblor was reported at 09:10:41 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.082 West, latitude 19.5548 North, depth = 13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 112 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5548° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km NNE 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 2024-05-28 09:10:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 09:39:07 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 242 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.4576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 243 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 pr2024149000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024149000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n1fb,pr2024149000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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