A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019319011. Id of event: pr2019319011. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105 km (65 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7001 West, latitude 17.7756 North, depth = 105 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/19 / 2019-11-15 18:49:04 / November 15, 2019 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:49:04 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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