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Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Global time and date of event 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 21:07:56 / August 30, 2024 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:07:56 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.5848° West, 18.1398° North, depth 110 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024243001. Unique identifier: pr2024243001.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate. The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 26 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.69 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.5848° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.1398° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	110 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km S 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	2024-08-30 21:07:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-30 21:45:49	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	209	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	0.4258	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	215	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	pr2024243001	Id of event.
Event Code	2024243001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024243001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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