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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 60 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1245S, -68.3809WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pft5. Unique identifier: us7000pft5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.244 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/02/25 / 2025-02-24 14:24:01 / February 24, 2025 @ 2:24 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:24:01 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.244 km, -68.3809° West, 19.1245° North.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3809° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.244 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km N of Punta Cana, 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 2025-02-24 14:24:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-24 16:51:18 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 121 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.369 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us7000pft5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pft5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pft5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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