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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.397S, -67.9791WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -67.9791° West, latitude 18.397° North, depth = 137 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 03:17:19 / August 8, 2024 @ 3:17 am. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:17:19 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024221000. Id of event: pr2024221000.

The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). 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 Aguada, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.9791° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.397° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km ESE 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 2024-08-08 03:17:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-08 03:43:34 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 199 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.9203 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 pr2024221000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024221000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024221000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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