Minor earthquake, 3.98 mag was detected near Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic. The 3.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:08:20 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 04:08:20 / June 25, 2024 @ 4:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -68.797° West, 18.5081° North, depth 126 km. Unique identifier: pr2024177000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024177000.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica, El Valle. Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 15 km SW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.797° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5081° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	126 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km SW of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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	2024-06-25 04:08:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-25 04:59:01	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	244	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4156	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161	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	pr2024177000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024177000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024177000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

3.98 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-68.797° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.5081° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

126 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15 km SW of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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

2024-06-25 04:08:20

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-06-25 04:59:01

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

244

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

0.4156

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

Root Mean Square

0.5 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

161

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

pr2024177000

Id of event.

Event Code

2024177000

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

Event IDS

,pr2024177000,

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

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