A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:48:45 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 02:48:45 / January 26, 2020 @ 2:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -68.1973° West, 17.925° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007g5b. Id of event: us60007g5b.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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