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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag was detected near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 9, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0781S, -68.6176WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019099010. Id of event: pr2019099010. The temblor was reported at 08:57:40 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 12:57:40 / April 9, 2019 @ 12:57 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.6176° West, latitude 19.0781° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Hato Mayor del Rey, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6176° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0781° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km ENE of Miches, 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 2019-04-09 12:57:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-09 14:53:36 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 124 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 pr2019099010 Id of event.
Event Code 2019099010 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019099010, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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