A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 00:26:59 / July 29, 2015 @ 12:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 149 km, -68.9411° West, 18.5072° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:26:59 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15210000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000314j, pr15210000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Samaná, Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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