A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 05:36:48 / September 1, 2015 @ 5:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5736° West, 17.9694° North, depth 87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87 km (54 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:36:48 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15244004. Unique identifier: pr15244004.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen 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 quakes in the world.
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