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Minor earthquake, 3.26 mag has occurred near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.2931S, -68.3453WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic (76 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/18 / 2018-03-26 19:29:54 / March 26, 2018 @ 7:29 pm. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:29:54 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3453 West, latitude 17.2931 North, depth = 47 km. Unique identifier: pr2018085004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018085004.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 123 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3453° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.2931° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123km SSE 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 2018-03-26 19:29:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-27 01:13:32 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.4267 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 pr2018085004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018085004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018085004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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