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Minor earthquake 3.43 mag, 54 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.886833333333S, -68.539WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 12:11:46 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.539° West, latitude 17.886833333333° North, depth = 59.54 km. Event id: pr71468403. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71468403. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.54 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 12:11:46 / December 12, 2024 @ 12:11 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, La Romana (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.539° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.886833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km S of Boca de Yuma, 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 2024-12-12 12:11:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 12:40:32 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 181 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.201 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 pr71468403 Id of event.
Event Code 71468403 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71468403, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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