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Minor earthquake 3.93 mag, 55 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.8833S, -68.7108WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 06:36:52 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 06:36:52 / September 18, 2024 @ 6:36 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024262001. Unique identifier: pr2024262001. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7108 West, latitude 17.8833 North, depth = 169 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 169 km (105 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Punta Cana, Guaymate.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 55 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7108° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 169 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 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 2024-09-18 06:36:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 07:35:47 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 238 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 343 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 pr2024262001 Id of event.
Event Code 2024262001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024262001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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