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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near La Romana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 25, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.4573S, -68.947WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 98.81 km (61 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 06:28:55 / February 25, 2021 @ 6:28 am. Exact location of event, depth 98.81 km, -68.947° West, 18.4573° North. The temblor was reported at 06:28:55 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ddi6. Event ids that are associated: us7000ddi6.

Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, El Valle, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4573° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NE 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 2021-02-25 06:28:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 07:56:47 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 148 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 0.526 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us7000ddi6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddi6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddi6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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