A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019114001. Id of event: pr2019114001. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:24:13 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 00:24:13 / April 24, 2019 @ 12:24 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9098° West, 18.7068° North, depth 110 km.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná. Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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