A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 19:58:43 / June 23, 2019 @ 7:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.9611 West, latitude 18.5796 North, depth = 125 km. Unique identifier: pr2019174025. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019174025. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 125 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:58:43 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samaná, Bayaguana, Sabana de La Mar. Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 2 km ESE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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