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Minor earthquake 2.82 mag, 28 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.67S, -68.1526WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:57:13 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 00:57:13 / April 13, 2019 @ 12:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1526 West, latitude 18.67 North, depth = 92 km. Event id: pr2019103001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019103001.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.1526° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.67° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km ENE 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 2019-04-13 00:57:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-13 09:19:02 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 122 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 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 pr2019103001 Id of event.
Event Code 2019103001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019103001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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