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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.9997° West, 18.686° North, depth 103.411 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.411 km (64 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:24:49 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 14:24:49 / November 19, 2024 @ 2:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nsm6. Id of event: us7000nsm6.

Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Plata, Boca Chica, Samaná.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9997° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.686° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	103.411 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SSE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, 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	2024-11-19 14:24:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-19 21:59:04	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	178	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.375	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nsm6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nsm6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nsm6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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