Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near La Romana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9271 West, latitude 18.0598 North, depth = 9.814 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 23:13:43 / November 24, 2024 @ 11:13 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.814 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000p7i0. Event ids that are associated: us6000p7i0. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:43 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quisqueya (c. 17 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.9271° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.0598° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.814 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km S of La Romana, 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	2024-11-24 23:13:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-24 23:20:16	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	121	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.702	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	200	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	us6000p7i0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000p7i0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000p7i0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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