A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 109 km, -68.9248° West, 18.5893° North. The temblor was detected at 19:34:13 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 23:34:13 / July 19, 2019 @ 11:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019200011. Unique identifier: pr2019200011.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bayaguana, Boca Chica, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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