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Minor earthquake, 3.33 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 15:18:00 / June 20, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6206 West, latitude 17.9285 North, depth = 89 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:18:00 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018171015. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018171015. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.33 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6206° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9285° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49km S 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	2018-06-20 15:18:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-20 21:13:20	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	171	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	0.6324	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	232	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	pr2018171015	Id of event.
Event Code	2018171015	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2018171015,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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