A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:28:39 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15248019. Event ids that are associated: pr15248019. Exact location, longitude -68.331° West, latitude 17.8701° North, depth = 169 km. Global time and date of event 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 15:28:39 / September 5, 2015 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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