A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019023002. Id of event: pr2019023002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.389° West, 18.0078° North, depth 58 km. The temblor was reported at 22:45:42 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 03:45:42 / January 23, 2019 @ 3:45 am.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 47 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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