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Minor earthquake, 3.88 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.2456S, -68.7898WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 94 km, -68.7898° West, 19.2456° North. The temblor was detected at 10:11:22 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024224001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024224001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 10:11:22 / August 11, 2024 @ 10:11 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sánchez, Punta Cana, Las Terrenas. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7898° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2456° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km NE 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 2024-08-11 10:11:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-11 10:57:40 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 232 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 0.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 pr2024224001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024224001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024224001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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