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Minor earthquake, 3.55 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024300001. Unique identifier: pr2024300001. The temblor was picked up at 11:37:35 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 11:37:35 / October 26, 2024 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.834° West, 19.3396° North, depth 18 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Sánchez, Salvaleón de Higüey. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 45 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.55 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.834° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3396° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km NNE 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	2024-10-26 11:37:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-26 13:19:57	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	194	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	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3577	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	222	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	pr2024300001	Id of event.
Event Code	2024300001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024300001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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