A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019131003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019131003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 02:58:09 / May 11, 2019 @ 2:58 am. Exact location of event, depth 114 km, -68.6333° West, 17.742° North. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:58:09 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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