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Minor earthquake, 3.92 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0176S, -68.2868WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.92 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Event id: pr2024320000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns3d, pr2024320000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 3.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:29:29 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 69 km, -68.2868° West, 18.0176° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 23:29:29 / November 15, 2024 @ 11:29 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 52 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2868° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SE 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 2024-11-15 23:29:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-16 00:06:49 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 236 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 ,us,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 0.5052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215 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 pr2024320000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024320000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns3d,pr2024320000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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