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Minor earthquake, 3.52 mag has occurred near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 80 km (50 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.5238° West, latitude 18.9306° North, depth = 80 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 14:33:26 / October 23, 2024 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:33:26 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2024297002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024297002.

Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, La Romana, Guaymate (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.52 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.5238° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.9306° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	80 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km NNE of Otra Banda, 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	2024-10-23 14:33:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-23 15:09:00	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	191	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	0.4404	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	pr2024297002	Id of event.
Event Code	2024297002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024297002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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