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Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag strikes near Mona Passage, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.135S, -68.0675WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes Mona Passage, Dominican Republic kilometers (0 miles) from Mona Passage, Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 09:04:43 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 09:04:43 / November 21, 2018 @ 9:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0675 West, latitude 18.135 North, depth = 94 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018325004. Unique identifier: pr2018325004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94 km (58 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: Mona Passage, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0675° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mona Passage, 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 2018-11-21 09:04:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 12:12:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 142 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 0.492 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 pr2018325004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018325004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018325004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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