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Minor earthquake 3.94 mag, 23 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on December 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1908S, -68.7131WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 146 km (91 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7131 West, latitude 18.1908 North, depth = 146 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024354000. Id of event: pr2024354000. The temblor was picked up at 21:22:35 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 21:22:35 / December 19, 2024 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 23 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7131° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 146 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SSW 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 2024-12-19 21:22:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-19 22:28:29 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 239 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1973 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 pr2024354000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024354000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024354000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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