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Minor earthquake, 3.46 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic


Earthquake location 18.2778S, -68.0186WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0186° West, 18.2778° North, depth 104 km. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:56:08 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000dehj, pr2021060004. Unique identifier: pr2021060004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/03/21 / 2021-03-01 04:56:08 / March 1, 2021 @ 4:56 am.

Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Rincón, Otra Banda. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-five 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.

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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: 52 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.46 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0186° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SE 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 2021-03-01 04:56:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-01 06:45:23 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 184 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 pr2021060004 Id of event.
Event Code 2021060004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dehj,pr2021060004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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