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Minor earthquake: M3.6 quake has struck near Miches in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.1236S, -68.6484WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6484° West, 19.1236° North, depth 168 km. Global time and date of event 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 02:24:58 / August 18, 2015 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15230002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15230002. The temblor was detected at 21:24:58 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, El Valle, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6484° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1236° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 168 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km ENE of Miches, 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 2015-08-18 02:24:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-18 04:32:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 200 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.59540794 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 334.8 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 pr15230002 Id of event.
Event Code 15230002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15230002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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