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Minor earthquake, 3.51 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.9018S, -68.1741WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 18:13:57 / December 13, 2024 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2024348000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyj8, pr2024348000. The temblor was picked up at 18:13:57 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1741 West, latitude 17.9018 North, depth = 11 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 69 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.51 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1741° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km SE 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 2024-12-13 18:13:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 19:33:29 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 190 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 ,us,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 1.0695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 218 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 pr2024348000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024348000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyj8,pr2024348000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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