A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147 km (91 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019184005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019184005. Exact location of event, depth 147 km, -68.623° West, 17.765° North. The temblor was picked up at 03:21:32 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 08:21:32 / July 3, 2019 @ 8:21 am.
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 67 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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