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Minor earthquake, 3.32 mag strikes near Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.5733S, -68.843WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.843 West, latitude 19.5733 North, depth = 33 km. The temblor was reported at 04:10:34 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 09:10:34 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018057006. Id of event: pr2018057006. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Las Terrenas, Miches (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.843° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5733° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, 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 2018-02-26 09:10:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-26 12:14:01 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 170 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1555 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 282 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 pr2018057006 Id of event.
Event Code 2018057006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018057006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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