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Minor earthquake, 3.26 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.231S, -68.3516WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3516° West, 19.231° North, depth 110 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/18 / 2018-03-14 10:29:39 / March 14, 2018 @ 10:29 am. Id of earthquake: pr2018073009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018073009. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:29:39 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miches, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 72 km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3516° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km N 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 2018-03-14 10:29:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-14 12:19:04 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 164 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 344 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 pr2018073009 Id of event.
Event Code 2018073009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018073009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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