A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 133 km (83 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 10:39:06 / January 16, 2019 @ 10:39 am. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:39:06 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.6013° West, latitude 17.8913° North, depth = 133 km. Unique identifier: pr2019016008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019016008.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 53 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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