A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Salvaleon de Higuey in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019121008. Id of event: pr2019121008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 23:51:13 / May 1, 2019 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:51:13 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7418 West, latitude 18.5168 North, depth = 112 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Llanos, Quisqueya, Miches (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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