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Minor earthquake, 3.84 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.861S, -68.5603WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.84 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2021009011. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d6ze, pr2021009011. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/21 / 2021-01-09 07:10:26 / January 9, 2021 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5603 West, latitude 17.861 North, depth = 74 km. The 3.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:10:26 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 74 km (46 miles).

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). 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 Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 57 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5603° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.861° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km S 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 2021-01-09 07:10:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-09 08:28:33 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 227 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 243 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 pr2021009011 Id of event.
Event Code 2021009011 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d6ze,pr2021009011, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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