A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2019189002. Event ids that are associated: pr2019189002. Exact location of event, depth 98 km, -68.3766° West, 17.8828° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 04:52:41 / July 8, 2019 @ 4:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:52:41 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 60 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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