A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 10:43:46 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.4418° West, latitude 18.208° North, depth = 102 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019045007. Event ids that are associated: pr2019045007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 14:43:46 / February 14, 2019 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 25 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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