A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -68.5215° West, 17.8233° North. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:00:08 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 00:00:08 / April 7, 2019 @ 12:00 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Event id: pr2019097000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019097000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 62 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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