A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 11:17:50 / September 3, 2015 @ 11:17 am. The temblor was reported at 06:17:50 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.2314° West, latitude 18.0149° North, depth = 96 km. Unique identifier: pr15246003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15246003.
The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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