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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on October 31, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1025S, -68.262WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Id of earthquake: pr2019304003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019304003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 10:46:50 / October 31, 2019 @ 10:46 am. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:50 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 84 km, -68.262° West, 18.1025° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 47 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km SE of Boca de Yuma, 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 2019-10-31 10:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-31 11:51:41 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1564 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 207 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 pr2019304003 Id of event.
Event Code 2019304003 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019304003, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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