Minor earthquake, 3.91 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.9743 West, latitude 18.187 North, depth = 108 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 09:27:34 / October 28, 2024 @ 9:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108 km (67 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024302001. Unique identifier: pr2024302001. The temblor was detected at 09:27:34 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez, Aguada. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 63 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-67.9743° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.187° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	108 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km SE of Punta Cana, 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	2024-10-28 09:27:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-28 09:56:42	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	235	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5221	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	192	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	pr2024302001	Id of event.
Event Code	2024302001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024302001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

3.91 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-67.9743° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.187° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

108 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

63 km SE of Punta Cana, 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

2024-10-28 09:27:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-10-28 09:56:42

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

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

235

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.5221

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.3 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

192

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pr2024302001

Id of event.

Event Code

2024302001

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pr2024302001,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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