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Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag was detected near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.1138S, -68.5046WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 09:45:54 / October 3, 2017 @ 9:45 am. Event id: pr2017276005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017276005. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5046 West, latitude 19.1138 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:45:54 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5046° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km NNE 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 2017-10-03 09:45:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-16 21:38:34 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 146 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.2584 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 358 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 pr2017276005 Id of event.
Event Code 2017276005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2017276005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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