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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 20, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3582S, -68.8322WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 05:39:29 / November 20, 2015 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15324000. Event ids that are associated: pr15324000. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8322° West, 19.3582° North, depth 28 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:39:29 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, El Valle, Santa Cruz de El Seibo. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3582° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km NNE 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 2015-11-20 05:39:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-20 08:36:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 121 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.94233273 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 331.2 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 pr15324000 Id of event.
Event Code 15324000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr15324000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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