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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1245S, -68.1656WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/15 / 2015-09-30 14:55:37 / September 30, 2015 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142 km (88 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1656 West, latitude 18.1245 North, depth = 142 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:37 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15273002. Event ids that are associated: pr15273002.

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 54 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1245° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km ESE 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 2015-09-30 14:55:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-30 16:56:14 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 222 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.01060469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 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 pr15273002 Id of event.
Event Code 15273002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15273002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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