Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near La Romana in Dominican Republic

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 00:44:17 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000cqvf. Event ids that are associated: us7000cqvf. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8918° West, 18.2294° North, depth 123.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 123.28 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 00:44:17 / December 14, 2020 @ 12:44 am.

Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.8918° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.2294° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km SSE of La Romana, 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	2020-12-14 00:44:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-14 00:54:18	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	129	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	0.561	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	170	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	us7000cqvf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cqvf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cqvf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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