A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:28:30 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123 km (76 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019028000. Event ids that are associated: pr2019028000. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 00:28:30 / January 28, 2019 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.934 West, latitude 18.522 North, depth = 123 km.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. 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: 8 km SSE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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