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Minor earthquake, 3.13 mag strikes near Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.4763S, -68.9075WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Barbara de Samana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9075 West, latitude 19.4763 North, depth = 33 km. Event id: pr2018182031. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018182031. The temblor was reported at 17:36:12 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 22:36:12 / July 1, 2018 @ 10:36 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Sánchez, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.9075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4763° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km NE of Santa Barbara de Samana, 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 2018-07-01 22:36:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-02 01:12:18 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 151 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0967 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 261 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 pr2018182031 Id of event.
Event Code 2018182031 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018182031, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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