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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Dominican Republic region


Earthquake location 17.938S, -68.119WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported Dominican Republic region (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/17 / 2017-05-17 05:49:31 / May 17, 2017 @ 5:49 am. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:49:31 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017137001. Id of event: pr2017137001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 112 km, -68.119° West, 17.938° North.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.119° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.938° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Dominican Republic region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-17 05:49:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-17 23:58:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 123 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 249 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 pr2017137001 Id of event.
Event Code 2017137001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017137001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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