A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 22:18:28 / February 2, 2019 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:18:28 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019033013. Id of event: pr2019033013. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -68.5331° West, 18.2505° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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