A minor earthquake magnitude 3.67 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guaymate in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.952° West, 18.6823° North, depth 130 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 06:06:13 / December 30, 2019 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 130 km (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:06:13 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019364050. Event ids that are associated: pr2019364050.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Bayaguana, Samaná (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 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 six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 10 km NNE of Guaymate, Dominican Republic.
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