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Minor earthquake, 3.74 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.162S, -68.1775WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 06:19:16 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018339004. Event ids that are associated: pr2018339004, us1000i2q5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.1775 West, latitude 18.162 North, depth = 74 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 11:19:16 / December 5, 2018 @ 11:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74 km (46 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 60 km (37 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 Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.74 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1775° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.162° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SSE 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 2018-12-05 11:19:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-05 12:15:37 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 215 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4067 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 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 pr2018339004 Id of event.
Event Code 2018339004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2018339004,us1000i2q5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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