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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 19.0971S, -67.7134WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (57 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 03:11:33 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/20 / 2020-06-17 03:11:33 / June 17, 2020 @ 3:11 am. Exact location, longitude -67.7134° West, latitude 19.0971° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000ad8i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ad8i.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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 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: 92 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7134° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0971° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km NE 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 2020-06-17 03:11:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-17 03:33:09 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 121 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 0.847 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 250 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ad8i Id of event.
Event Code 6000ad8i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ad8i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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