A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 05:03:24 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9935° West, 18.2091° North, depth 126 km. Event id: pr2019050015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019050015. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 09:03:24 / February 19, 2019 @ 9:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, Los Llanos, Boca Chica. The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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