A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/19 / 2019-06-30 23:51:24 / June 30, 2019 @ 11:51 pm. Event id: pr2019181035. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019181035. Exact location of event, depth 99 km, -68.3713° West, 18.0845° North. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:51:24 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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