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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.5757S, -68.7744WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7744° West, 18.5757° North, depth 132.928 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:58:08 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 06:58:08 / December 12, 2024 @ 6:58 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ny3p. Id of event: us7000ny3p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.928 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de La Mar, El Valle, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km WSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7744° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5757° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.928 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km WSW of Salvaleón de Higüey, 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 06:58:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 07:08:53 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 199 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000ny3p Id of event.
Event Code 7000ny3p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ny3p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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