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Minor earthquake: M3.62 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0416S, -68.2951WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.2951 West, latitude 19.0416 North, depth = 34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024262000. Id of event: pr2024262000. The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 06:06:38 / September 18, 2024 @ 6:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:38 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 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/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Miches, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.62 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km NNE 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 2024-09-18 06:06:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 07:09:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 202 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5347 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 279 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 pr2024262000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024262000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024262000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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