A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was reported at 03:53:12 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.4278° West, latitude 17.9626° North, depth = 68 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 08:53:12 / August 22, 2019 @ 8:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019234004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019234004.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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