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


Earthquake location 18.9306S, -68.5238WA 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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More information

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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