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Minor earthquake, 3.83 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2024312001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024312001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7455 West, latitude 19.3445 North, depth = 39 km. The 3.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:24:35 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/24 / 2024-11-07 06:24:35 / November 7, 2024 @ 6:24 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Hato Mayor del Rey, Las Terrenas.

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 two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7455° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3445° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 km NE 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	2024-11-07 06:24:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-07 06:51:04	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	226	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.8547	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	341	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	pr2024312001	Id of event.
Event Code	2024312001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024312001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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