A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ramon Santana in Dominican Republic on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019167008, us600041g4. Unique identifier: us600041g4. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:36:10 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.71 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -69.222° West, latitude 18.5512° North, depth = 87.71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 19:36:10 / June 16, 2019 @ 7:36 pm.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bella Vista, La Julia, Cristo Rey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bella Vista (c. 175 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa Francisca (c. 50 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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