A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104 km (65 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019036015. Unique identifier: pr2019036015. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:48:11 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 104 km, -68.6795° West, 18.2255° North. Global time and date of event 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 10:48:11 / February 5, 2019 @ 10:48 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 18 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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