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Minor earthquake: M3.83 quake has struck near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 17:46:32 / April 11, 2020 @ 5:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 66 km, -68.534° West, 17.942° North. The 3.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:46:32 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020102013. Id of event: pr2020102013.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.534° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.942° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48km S 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	2020-04-11 17:46:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-11 18:15:22	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	226	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.1438	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	247	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	pr2020102013	Id of event.
Event Code	2020102013	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pr2020102013,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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