A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr2019244008. Event ids that are associated: pr2019244008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 06:34:55 / September 1, 2019 @ 6:34 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 149 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:34:55 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.2876° West, 18.2758° North, depth 149 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 35 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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