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Minor earthquake, 3.06 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.432S, -68.2388WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/19 / 2019-04-22 07:24:42 / April 22, 2019 @ 7:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019112005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019112005. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2388° West, 18.432° North, depth 94 km. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:24:42 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 24 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2388° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.432° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km SE 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 2019-04-22 07:24:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-22 12:11:06 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 144 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1281 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 pr2019112005 Id of event.
Event Code 2019112005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019112005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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