A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019148004. Id of event: pr2019148004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 06:58:09 / May 28, 2019 @ 6:58 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:58:09 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9856 West, latitude 18.2273 North, depth = 93 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Boca Chica, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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