A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 124 km (77 miles). Event id: pr2018324000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018324000. Exact location of event, depth 124 km, -68.5175° West, 18.3181° North. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:39 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 01:21:39 / November 20, 2018 @ 1:21 am.
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 Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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