A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.9786° West, latitude 18.469° North, depth = 110 km. Event id: pr2019093005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019093005. The temblor was detected at 12:38:39 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 16:38:39 / April 3, 2019 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de La Mar, Bayaguana, El Valle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km N of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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