A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:31:16 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 05:31:16 / September 22, 2015 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8162° West, 17.7786° North, depth 146 km. Id of earthquake: pr15265003. Event ids that are associated: pr15265003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 146 km (91 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 69 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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