A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from La Romana in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5905 West, latitude 19.1608 North, depth = 158 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158 km (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pr2020063007. Event ids that are associated: pr2020063007, us600088d5. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:10:17 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/20 / 2020-03-03 03:10:17 / March 3, 2020 @ 3:10 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Valle, Sabana de La Mar, Hato Mayor del Rey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sabana de La Mar (c. 14 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Samaná (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km E of La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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