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Minor earthquake: M3.41 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.069S, -68.1835WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr71456023. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71456023. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 03:48:44 / July 23, 2024 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.38 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1835 West, latitude 18.069 North, depth = 64.38 km. The temblor was detected at 03:48:44 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 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 two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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.

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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. 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: 56 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1835° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.069° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km SE 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 2024-07-23 03:48:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 04:06:26 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 179 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4812 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208 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 pr71456023 Id of event.
Event Code 71456023 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71456023, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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