A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 05:02:39 / May 8, 2019 @ 5:02 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019128003. Id of event: pr2019128003. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:02:39 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.4108 West, latitude 18.1123 North, depth = 71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five 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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