A light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 00:42:48 / July 10, 2024 @ 12:42 am. Exact location of event, depth 61 km, -68.9191° West, 17.6321° North. Event id: pr2024192000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024192000. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:48 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 88 km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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