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Minor earthquake 3 mag, 131 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.1967S, -68.7308WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 131 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic (81 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6ye. Unique identifier: us6000q6ye. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7308 West, latitude 17.1967 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 02:36:31 / April 18, 2025 @ 2:36 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:36:31 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 131 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7308° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.1967° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131 km S 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 2025-04-18 02:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-18 02:56:16 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 138 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.352 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 us6000q6ye Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6ye An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6ye, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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