A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5126 West, latitude 18.9271 North, depth = 103 km. Unique identifier: pr2019026007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019026007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 09:12:31 / January 26, 2019 @ 9:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:12:31 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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