A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Event id: pr2019122009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019122009. The temblor was detected at 00:13:08 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.9201 West, latitude 18.4226 North, depth = 98 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 04:13:08 / May 2, 2019 @ 4:13 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Los Llanos, Miches (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km E of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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