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Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 10, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.241S, -68.3988WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2018314006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018314006. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:58 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 06:35:58 / November 10, 2018 @ 6:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.3988° West, 18.241° North, depth 118 km.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 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: 26 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3988° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.241° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km SE 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 2018-11-10 06:35:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-10 07:32:50 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 143 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3104 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 pr2018314006 Id of event.
Event Code 2018314006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018314006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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