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Minor earthquake: M3.54 quake has struck near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.8805S, -68.7015WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:04:02 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/17 / 2017-07-14 10:04:02 / July 14, 2017 @ 10:04 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017195008. Unique identifier: pr2017195008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7015 West, latitude 18.8805 North, depth = 56 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís, Samaná. Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 25 km N of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.54 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7015° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km N 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 2017-07-14 10:04:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-14 10:59:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 193 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4867 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 322 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 pr2017195008 Id of event.
Event Code 2017195008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017195008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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