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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.899S, -68.6928WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 14:35:53 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198038. Id of event: pr15198038. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6928 West, latitude 17.899 North, depth = 147 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 19:35:53 / July 17, 2015 @ 7:35 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Guaymate, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and five 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6928° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.899° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km 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 2015-07-17 19:35:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-18 11:52:22 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 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 178 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 0.67822804 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 205.2 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 pr15198038 Id of event.
Event Code 15198038 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15198038, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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