A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 17:08:18 / December 13, 2019 @ 5:08 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.3521 West, latitude 18.1898 North, depth = 137 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019347009. Id of event: pr2019347009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137 km (85 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:08:18 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel it?
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: 34 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply