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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near La Canela in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from La Canela in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: us7000nytn. Event ids that are associated: us7000nytn. The temblor was detected at 02:46:54 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -70.8447 West, latitude 19.452 North, depth = 25.324 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.324 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 02:46:54 / December 14, 2024 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loma de Cabrera, Juan de Herrera, Bonao. Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (10 miles) from Santiago de los Caballeros (c. 1 200 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Puerto Plata (c. 146 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Concepción de La Vega (c. 102 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bonao (c. 73 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 3 km SW of La Canela, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bonao Concepción de La Vega Dominican Republic Juan de Herrera La Canela Loma de Cabrera Puerto Plata San Francisco de Macorís Santiago de los Caballeros

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.8447° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.452° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.324 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SW of La Canela, 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	2024-12-14 02:46:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 06:52:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.5	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	158	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	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.026	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us7000nytn	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nytn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nytn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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