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Minor earthquake, 3.18 mag strikes near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.2838S, -68.4898WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:06:07 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018320005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018320005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.4898° West, latitude 19.2838° North, depth = 98 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 15:06:07 / November 16, 2018 @ 3:06 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 67 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4898° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km ENE of Miches, 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 2018-11-16 15:06:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-16 22:44:41 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 156 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.7885 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 243 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 pr2018320005 Id of event.
Event Code 2018320005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018320005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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