A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 02:12:05 / May 31, 2024 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:12:05 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7131 West, latitude 19.334 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mp49. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp49. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Samaná. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Miches (c. 9 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NE of Miches, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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