A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7376 West, latitude 18.9113 North, depth = 13 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019002008. Unique identifier: pr2019002008. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:09:14 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 06:09:14 / January 2, 2019 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Samaná, Sabana de La Mar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km NNW of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic.
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