Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag strikes near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018111002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018111002. Exact location of event, longitude -68.7143 West, latitude 18.7161 North, depth = 77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 06:00:34 / April 21, 2018 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:00:34 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77 km (48 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NW of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.05 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.7143° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.7161° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km NW of Otra Banda, 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	2018-04-21 06:00:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-21 08:59:28	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	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.6223	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	163	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	pr2018111002	Id of event.
Event Code	2018111002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018111002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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