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Minor earthquake, 3.66 mag was detected near Samaná in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on May 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6311S, -68.787WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 18:39:32 / May 30, 2024 @ 6:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.787 West, latitude 19.6311 North, depth = 25 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mp21, pr2024151001. Id of event: pr2024151001. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:39:32 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Samaná (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.66 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.787° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6311° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NE of Samaná, 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 2024-05-30 18:39:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-30 21:15:41 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 206 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5267 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 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 pr2024151001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024151001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mp21,pr2024151001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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