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Minor earthquake 3.74 mag, 66 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2265S, -67.9023WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Event id: pr2024277002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024277002. Exact location of event, depth 114 km, -67.9023° West, 18.2265° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). The 3.74-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:59:42 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 17:59:42 / October 3, 2024 @ 5:59 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, San Rafael del Yuma, Hormigueros (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.74 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SE 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 2024-10-03 17:59:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-03 18:23:44 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 215 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 0.8181 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 pr2024277002 Id of event.
Event Code 2024277002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024277002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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