A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.3336° West, 18.1966° North, depth 96 km. The temblor was detected at 08:10:52 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019007011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019007011. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 12:10:52 / January 7, 2019 @ 12:10 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 35 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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