A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.2 km (77 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.9766 West, latitude 18.667 North, depth = 123.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 14:12:17 / December 22, 2018 @ 2:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iwal. Id of event: us2000iwal. The temblor was reported at 10:12:17 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Villa Consuelo (c. 28 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Consuelo, San Carlos, Ensanche Luperón.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 8 km N of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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