A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 21:32:51 / July 18, 2019 @ 9:32 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019199004. Id of event: pr2019199004. The temblor was detected at 17:32:51 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9853° West, 18.263° North, depth 92 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miches, Punta Cana, Boca Chica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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