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Minor earthquake, 3.88 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.0475S, -68.7608WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 20:10:02 / October 26, 2024 @ 8:10 pm. The 3.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:02 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.7608° West, 18.0475° North, depth 85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024300004. Id of event: pr2024300004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7608° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0475° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, 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 20:10:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 20:51:03 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 232 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2285 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 pr2024300004 Id of event.
Event Code 2024300004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024300004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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