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Minor earthquake 3.66 mag, 60 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.9601S, -68.2466WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 08:03:57 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2466 West, latitude 17.9601 North, depth = 58 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017223007. Unique identifier: pr2017223007. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/17 / 2017-08-11 13:03:57 / August 11, 2017 @ 1:03 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.66 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2466° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60km SE 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 2017-08-11 13:03:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-11 13:42:07 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 206 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.57 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 pr2017223007 Id of event.
Event Code 2017223007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017223007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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