A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 18:55:37 / April 7, 2019 @ 6:55 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:55:37 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.8466° West, latitude 18.0375° North, depth = 132 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019097008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019097008.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Quisqueya, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 45 km SSE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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