A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 02:57:54 / July 4, 2015 @ 2:57 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:57:54 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 38 km, -68.3263° West, 17.8525° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15185000. Id of event: pr15185000.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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