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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.9063S, -68.4286WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019347011. Id of event: pr2019347011. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 18:18:45 / December 13, 2019 @ 6:18 pm. Exact location of event, depth 68 km, -68.4286° West, 17.9063° North. The temblor was reported at 13:18:45 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 55 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.4286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9063° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km SSE 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 2019-12-13 18:18:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-13 19:11:25 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3227 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 228 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 pr2019347011 Id of event.
Event Code 2019347011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2019347011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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