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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2933S, -68.5817WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 14:54:11 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.5817° West, latitude 19.2933° North, depth = 97.452 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.452 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 14:54:11 / November 24, 2024 @ 2:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000p7fy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p7fy.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Salvaleón de Higüey, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5817° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2933° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.452 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2024-11-24 14:54:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-24 15:44:11 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 148 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.908 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us6000p7fy Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7fy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7fy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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