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Minor earthquake, 3.71 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.7671S, -68.7205WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2024154000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024154000. Exact location, longitude -68.7205° West, latitude 17.7671° North, depth = 73 km. The temblor was detected at 19:39:55 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 19:39:55 / June 2, 2024 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.71 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7205° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km S 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 2024-06-02 19:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-02 20:23:34 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 212 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3842 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 217 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 pr2024154000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024154000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024154000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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