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Minor earthquake, 3.57 mag was detected near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2481S, -68.2556WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/20 / 2020-11-21 02:58:46 / November 21, 2020 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2020326001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020326001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:58:46 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2556 West, latitude 18.2481 North, depth = 145 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.57 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2556° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2481° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km ESE 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 2020-11-21 02:58:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-21 04:36:31 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 196 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2941 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 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 pr2020326001 Id of event.
Event Code 2020326001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020326001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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