A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.724 West, latitude 18.2586 North, depth = 143 km. Event id: pr2018323011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018323011. The temblor was picked up at 03:10:24 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 07:10:24 / November 19, 2018 @ 7:10 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 17 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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