A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 16:37:41 / May 30, 2019 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:37:41 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019150003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019150003. Exact location of event, depth 54 km, -68.8201° West, 18.0358° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, Otra Banda, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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