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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag was detected near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.098S, -68.5083WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Monday. Global time and date of event 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 09:53:34 / May 27, 2019 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019147006. Id of event: pr2019147006. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:34 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.5083° West, 19.098° North, depth 72 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5083° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.098° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km NNE 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 2019-05-27 09:53:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-27 14:43:11 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 128 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7064 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 pr2019147006 Id of event.
Event Code 2019147006 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019147006, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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