A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 03:00:47 / August 25, 2015 @ 3:00 am UTC/GMT. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:47 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15237000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15237000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5848 West, latitude 18.368 North, depth = 97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 2 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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