Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The 3.49-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:53:51 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: pr2024340000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024340000. Exact location of event, depth 60 km, -68.0731° West, 18.7013° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 14:53:51 / December 5, 2024 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.0731° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7013° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	60 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km ENE 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	2024-12-05 14:53:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 16:22:07	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	187	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3608	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	pr2024340000	Id of event.
Event Code	2024340000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2024340000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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