A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Miches in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:10:33 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.7858° West, 18.9935° North, depth 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 00:10:33 / May 5, 2019 @ 12:10 am. Unique identifier: pr2019125000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019125000.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma, Sabana de La Mar. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 27 km E of Miches, Dominican Republic.
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