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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.7437S, -68.6372WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/15 / 2015-10-14 06:08:37 / October 14, 2015 @ 6:08 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:08:37 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6372 West, latitude 18.7437 North, depth = 155 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 155 km (96 miles). Event id: pr15287001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15287001.

Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, San Pedro de Macorís, Hato Mayor del Rey (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 five, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6372° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7437° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 155 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NNE of Otra Banda, 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 2015-10-14 06:08:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-14 07:58:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.47323707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 338.4 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 pr15287001 Id of event.
Event Code 15287001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15287001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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