A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 01:57:32 / May 27, 2019 @ 1:57 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019147000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019147000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6491 West, latitude 17.9015 North, depth = 105 km. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:57:32 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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