A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 120 km, -68.3888° West, 17.9905° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 09:57:59 / February 6, 2019 @ 9:57 am. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:57:59 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120 km (75 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019037017. Event ids that are associated: pr2019037017.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 48 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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