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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 36 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.9786S, -68.6908WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 07:52:57 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nnaj. Event ids that are associated: us7000nnaj. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.024 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 07:52:57 / October 26, 2024 @ 7:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6908° West, 18.9786° North, depth 5.024 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, Samaná, El Valle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9786° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.024 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km N 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 2024-10-26 07:52:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 08:00:17 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 129 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.547 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us7000nnaj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnaj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnaj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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