A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Monday. Global time and date of event 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 09:53:34 / May 27, 2019 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019147006. Id of event: pr2019147006. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:34 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.5083° West, 19.098° North, depth 72 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Guaymate, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 52 km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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