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Minor earthquake 2.95 mag, Dominican Republic region


Earthquake location 19.2231S, -68.843WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Dominican Republic region kilometers (0 miles) from Dominican Republic region. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/20 / 2020-07-12 21:11:40 / July 12, 2020 @ 9:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -68.843° West, 19.2231° North, depth 15 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000amfn, pr2020194008. Id of event: pr2020194008. The temblor was reported at 21:11:40 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Terrenas, Guaymate, Salvaleón de Higüey.

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 eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.843° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2231° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Dominican Republic region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-12 21:11:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-13 16:35:09 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 134 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 ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 pr2020194008 Id of event.
Event Code 2020194008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000amfn,pr2020194008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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