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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on April 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4795S, -68.0868WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Event id: pr2019108003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019108003. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.0868 West, latitude 18.4795 North, depth = 40 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:55:37 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 00:55:37 / April 18, 2019 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 35 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0868° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4795° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km ESE 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 2019-04-18 00:55:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-18 05:51:42 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 132 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.0856 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 339 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 pr2019108003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019108003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019108003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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