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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag strikes near Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 17.9896S, -68.06WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.06 West, latitude 17.9896 North, depth = 54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/21 / 2021-02-24 20:58:05 / February 24, 2021 @ 8:58 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2021055004. Event ids that are associated: pr2021055004. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:05 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.06° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9896° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km SE 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 2021-02-24 20:58:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-24 21:36:43 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 135 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 pr2021055004 Id of event.
Event Code 2021055004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2021055004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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