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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.8253S, -68.0995WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018333001. Id of event: pr2018333001. The temblor was reported at 22:06:01 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0995 West, latitude 18.8253 North, depth = 106 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 03:06:01 / November 29, 2018 @ 3:06 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

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 twenty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0995° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.8253° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km NE 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 2018-11-29 03:06:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-29 05:01:21 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 137 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.42 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 213 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 pr2018333001 Id of event.
Event Code 2018333001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018333001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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