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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 8 km SSE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.697S, -68.9934WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 04:57:27 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 156 km (97 miles). Global time of event 27/05/15 / 2015-05-27 08:57:27 / May 27, 2015 @ 8:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9934 West, latitude 18.697 North, depth 156 km, unique identifier, pr15147006. Ids that are associated to the event, ,pr15147006,.

Close countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9934° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 156 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km SSE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, 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 2015-05-27 08:57:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-27 17:42:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 158 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 0.37729242 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 pr15147006 Id of event.
Event Code 15147006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15147006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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