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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2148S, -68.2535WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:15:03 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/11/19 / 2019-11-19 02:15:03 / November 19, 2019 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.2535° West, latitude 18.2148° North, depth = 72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019323004. Id of event: pr2019323004.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 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 eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2535° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2148° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km ESE 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 2019-11-19 02:15:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-19 05:04:12 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 136 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.1627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 198 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 pr2019323004 Id of event.
Event Code 2019323004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019323004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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