Magnitude 2.5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 13:23:28 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude | 2.5 |
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Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
Location | 19.24N 69.42W |
Depth | 106 kilometers |
Region | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Distances |
85 km (55 miles) E of San Francisco de Macoris, D.R. 100 km (60 miles) NNE of SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic 105 km (65 miles) NNW of La Romana, Dominican Republic 355 km (220 miles) WNW of SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico |
Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution |
Parameters | not available |
Source | Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez |
Event ID | usvvcg |
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This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size,
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The boundaries of
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