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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.7088S, -68.7108WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7108° West, 18.7088° North, depth 148 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 148 km (92 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/19 / 2019-03-30 14:20:28 / March 30, 2019 @ 2:20 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019089011. Unique identifier: pr2019089011. The temblor was detected at 10:20:28 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 8 km NW of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7108° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7088° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NW of Otra Banda, 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 2019-03-30 14:20:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-30 15:03:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 158 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3827 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 pr2019089011 Id of event.
Event Code 2019089011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019089011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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