A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 00:59:41 / May 17, 2019 @ 12:59 am. Unique identifier: pr2019137000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019137000. The epicenter was at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:59:41 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.3513° West, latitude 18.2911° North, depth = 114 km.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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