A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2019257001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019257001. The epicenter was at a depth of 105 km (65 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:06:05 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 06:06:05 / September 14, 2019 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.5035° West, latitude 18.1378° North, depth = 105 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, La Romana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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