A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 135 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15183002. Event ids that are associated: pr15183002. The temblor was reported at 23:37:41 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.657° West, latitude 18.5076° North, depth = 135 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 03:37:41 / July 2, 2015 @ 3:37 am.
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quisqueya, Hato Mayor del Rey, San Pedro de Macorís.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NNE of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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