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Minor earthquake, 3.14 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.3525S, -68.0566WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 177 km (110 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019175008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019175008. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 18:28:12 / June 24, 2019 @ 6:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0566° West, 18.3525° North, depth 177 km. The temblor was detected at 13:28:12 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 44 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0566° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km 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 2019-06-24 18:28:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-24 20:19:06 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 152 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 0.5783 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 331 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 pr2019175008 Id of event.
Event Code 2019175008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019175008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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