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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0419S, -67.9414WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 09:31:50 / September 15, 2015 @ 9:31 am. Unique identifier: pr15258004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15258004. Exact location of event, longitude -67.9414 West, latitude 19.0419 North, depth = 62 km. The temblor was detected at 04:31:50 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9414° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0419° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km NE 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 2015-09-15 09:31:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-15 12:19:37 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 168 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.66924489 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 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 pr15258004 Id of event.
Event Code 15258004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15258004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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