A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 15:25:31 / July 8, 2015 @ 3:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5895 West, latitude 18.1023 North, depth = 126 km. The temblor was reported at 11:25:31 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15189008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15189008.
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 Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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