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Minor earthquake, 3.76 mag has occurred near Miches in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on November 25, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9606S, -68.7581WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. The 3.76-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:29:56 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.7581° West, 18.9606° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/20 / 2020-11-25 18:29:56 / November 25, 2020 @ 6:29 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020330013. Id of event: pr2020330013.

Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).

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 seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 30 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.76 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7581° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9606° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km E of Miches, 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 2020-11-25 18:29:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-25 19:57:29 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 218 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5416 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 153 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 pr2020330013 Id of event.
Event Code 2020330013 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2020330013, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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