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Minor earthquake: M3.48 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.1756S, -68.0846WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.48 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Event id: pr2017224003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017224003. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0846° West, 18.1756° North, depth 106 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:43:52 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/08/17 / 2017-08-12 08:43:52 / August 12, 2017 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 56 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.48 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0846° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1756° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km SE of Punta Cana, 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 2017-08-12 08:43:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-12 09:12:37 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 186 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 0.45 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 pr2017224003 Id of event.
Event Code 2017224003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017224003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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