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Minor earthquake, 3.82 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1778S, -68.4606WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.82 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr2024359000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024359000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 84 km, -68.4606° West, 18.1778° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 07:36:13 / December 24, 2024 @ 7:36 am. The 3.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:36:13 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 27 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4606° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 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 2024-12-24 07:36:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 08:07:07 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 224 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 pr2024359000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024359000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024359000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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