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Minor earthquake: M3.44 quake has struck near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0648S, -67.7998WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Monday. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:54:55 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.7998° West, 19.0648° North, depth 10 km. Event id: pr2020132022. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020132022, us70009ebv. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/20 / 2020-05-11 20:54:55 / May 11, 2020 @ 8:54 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 83 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7998° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0648° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83km ENE 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 2020-05-11 20:54:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-14 22:38:06 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 182 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7521 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 319 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 pr2020132022 Id of event.
Event Code 2020132022 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020132022,us70009ebv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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