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Minor earthquake, 3.18 mag strikes near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on January 30, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0965S, -68.2163WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dd4e, pr2021030005. Id of event: pr2021030005. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2163° West, 19.0965° North, depth 32 km. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:26:53 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/21 / 2021-01-30 03:26:53 / January 30, 2021 @ 3:26 am.

The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). 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 Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, Punta Cana.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 60 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.2163° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0965° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km NNE of Punta Cana, 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 2021-01-30 03:26:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-30 06:33:57 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 156 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6055 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 274 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 pr2021030005 Id of event.
Event Code 2021030005 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dd4e,pr2021030005, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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