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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag has occurred near San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.4846S, -68.7708WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123 km (76 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7708 West, latitude 18.4846 North, depth = 123 km. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:43 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 09:20:43 / February 16, 2018 @ 9:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018047002. Unique identifier: pr2018047002.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 11 km WNW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4846° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km WNW of San Rafael del 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 2018-02-16 09:20:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-16 12:17:40 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 181 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 pr2018047002 Id of event.
Event Code 2018047002 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018047002, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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