A minor earthquake magnitude 3.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. The 3.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:44:26 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2024152002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024152002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.867° West, 18.3186° North, depth 119 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 17:44:26 / May 31, 2024 @ 5:44 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boca Chica, Miches, Los Llanos. Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply