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Minor earthquake 3.27 mag, 25 km SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2391S, -68.8333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 05:21:23 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.8333° West, 18.2391° North, depth 105 km. Unique identifier: pr2018186006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018186006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 09:21:23 / July 5, 2018 @ 9:21 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Llanos, Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 25 km SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.27 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km SE of La Romana, 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 2018-07-05 09:21:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-05 12:08:43 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 165 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 0.5289 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 219 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 pr2018186006 Id of event.
Event Code 2018186006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018186006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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