A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 13:41:04 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 82 km, -68.8656° West, 17.8565° North. Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 18:41:04 / November 21, 2018 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018325011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018325011. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82 km (51 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby 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 San Rafael del Yuma, La Romana.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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