Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Minor World Earthquakes Magnitude -3.9

Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 43 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.8695S, -68.1165WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:06:31 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024212000. Unique identifier: pr2024212000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1165 West, latitude 18.8695 North, depth = 97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 07:06:31 / July 30, 2024 @ 7:06 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

Questions or comments?

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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1165° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km NE of Punta Cana, 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 2024-07-30 07:06:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-30 07:31:09 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 211 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4434 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 pr2024212000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024212000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024212000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply