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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.7933S, -68.6721WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:38:39 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 114 km, -68.6721° West, 17.7933° North. Id of earthquake: pr2018207010. Event ids that are associated: pr2018207010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 13:38:39 / July 26, 2018 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 65 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6721° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7933° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km 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 2018-07-26 13:38:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-26 18:26:49 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 178 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 0.777 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 275 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 pr2018207010 Id of event.
Event Code 2018207010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018207010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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