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Minor earthquake, 3.73 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3995S, -68.0203WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (62 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0203 West, latitude 19.3995 North, depth = 72 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:26:52 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 07:26:52 / December 3, 2024 @ 7:26 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2024338003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024338003.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.73 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0203° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km NNE of Punta Cana, 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 2024-12-03 07:26:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 08:00:57 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 214 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 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 pr2024338003 Id of event.
Event Code 2024338003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024338003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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