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Minor earthquake: M3.71 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:30:14 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 13:30:14 / July 13, 2024 @ 1:30 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2024195000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024195000. Exact location of event, longitude -68.8625 West, latitude 19.2645 North, depth = 56 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sánchez, Guaymate, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.71 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.8625° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.2645° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km NNE of Miches, 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	2024-07-13 13:30:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-13 14:14:17	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.0837	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	242	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	pr2024195000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024195000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024195000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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