A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 13:10:10 / November 30, 2018 @ 1:10 pm. Event id: pr2018334008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018334008. Exact location of event, longitude -68.909 West, latitude 18.278 North, depth = 106 km. The temblor was reported at 09:10:10 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boca Chica, Los Llanos, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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