A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 06:55:36 / May 21, 2018 @ 6:55 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018141003. Unique identifier: pr2018141003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:55:36 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 126 km, -68.9061° West, 18.5995° North.
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Boca Chica, Sabana de La Mar.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km E of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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