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Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.3416S, -68.4148WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018002004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018002004. The temblor was reported at 09:48:13 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 13:48:13 / January 2, 2018 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4148 West, latitude 18.3416 North, depth = 110 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 20 km E of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4148° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km E 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 2018-01-02 13:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-02 17:17:26 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 143 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 3 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 pr2018002004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018002004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018002004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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