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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.0025S, -68.6664WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 63.72 km, -68.6664° West, 18.0025° North. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:14:58 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aapr. Id of event: us6000aapr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 15:14:58 / June 12, 2020 @ 3:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.72 km (40 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6664° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km 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 2020-06-12 15:14:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-12 15:25:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 199 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000aapr Id of event.
Event Code 6000aapr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000aapr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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