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Minor earthquake, 3.27 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2893S, -67.875WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121 km (75 miles). Exact location of event, depth 121 km, -67.875° West, 18.2893° North. Global time and date of event 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 23:27:24 / November 3, 2018 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:27:24 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018307009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018307009.

The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Hormigueros, Cabo Rojo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.27 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.875° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km ESE of Punta Cana, 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 2018-11-03 23:27:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-04 06:09:23 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 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 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8902 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 335 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 pr2018307009 Id of event.
Event Code 2018307009 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018307009, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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