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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.8565S, -68.8656WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 13:41:04 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 82 km, -68.8656° West, 17.8565° North. Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 18:41:04 / November 21, 2018 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018325011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018325011. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82 km (51 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). 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, La Romana.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 63 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km SSW 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 2018-11-21 18:41:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 19:26:24 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 129 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8165 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 285 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 pr2018325011 Id of event.
Event Code 2018325011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018325011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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