A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 07:40:20 / January 2, 2019 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 50 km, -68.5081° West, 18.8445° North. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:40:20 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019002009. Unique identifier: pr2019002009.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Miches, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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