A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019030021. Id of event: pr2019030021. Exact location, longitude -68.4571° West, latitude 17.9271° North, depth = 82 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:44:00 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 15:44:00 / January 30, 2019 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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