A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 90 km, -68.5301° West, 18.0436° North. The temblor was detected at 13:59:01 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 17:59:01 / November 15, 2019 @ 5:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019319010. Unique identifier: pr2019319010.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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