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Earthquake 2.8 mb, 64 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.7833S, -67.8345WAn earthquake with magnitude 2.8 mg has occurred in 64 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Time of event: Wednesday 23rd July @ 5:57 pm UTC. Location of event: -67.8345S, 18.7833W, depth=21 km. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about quake recorded in: 64 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Did you feel it? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country.


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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8345° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km ENE 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 2014-07-23 17:57:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-07-24 02:00:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 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 pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources prus A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.52012455 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 331.2 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 pr14204005 Id of event.
Event Code 14204005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS pr14204005usb000rwpd A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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