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Minor earthquake: M3.6 quake has struck near Gonzalo in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0065S, -69.6153WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Gonzalo in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 75.37 km (47 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000fqva. Event ids that are associated: us2000fqva. Exact location of event, depth 75.37 km, -69.6153° West, 19.0065° North. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:48 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 02:10:48 / June 29, 2018 @ 2:10 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Santo Domingo (c. 2 201 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santo Domingo Oeste (c. 701 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 154 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from San Francisco de Macorís (c. 124 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Gregorio de Nigua, Rincón, Bonao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 15 km ENE of Gonzalo, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6153° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km ENE of Gonzalo, 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 2018-06-29 02:10:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-29 03:28:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 203 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.267 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000fqva Id of event.
Event Code 2000fqva An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fqva, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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