A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019247005. Id of event: pr2019247005. The temblor was detected at 11:27:01 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.4313° West, 18.1616° North, depth 78 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 15:27:01 / September 4, 2019 @ 3:27 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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