A light earthquake magnitude 4.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Samaná in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -68.9681° West, 19.6886° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 07:27:13 / June 2, 2020 @ 7:27 am UTC/GMT. The 4.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:27:13 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a47g, pr2020154014. Unique identifier: pr2020154014. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Sánchez, Sabana de La Mar. The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sánchez (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Las Terrenas (c. 7 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Valle (c. 5 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic.
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