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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on September 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4361S, -68.7265WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:14:14 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 01:14:14 / September 27, 2024 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000ngqg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngqg. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7265° West, 19.4361° North, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, El Valle, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from El Valle (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7265° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4361° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 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 2024-09-27 01:14:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 01:22:08 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 222 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.459 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ngqg Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngqg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngqg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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