A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 23:47:48 / November 19, 2018 @ 11:47 pm. Unique identifier: pr2018323020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018323020. Exact location, longitude -68.2053° West, latitude 18.0936° North, depth = 96 km. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:47:48 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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