A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/15 / 2015-09-30 14:55:37 / September 30, 2015 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142 km (88 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.1656 West, latitude 18.1245 North, depth = 142 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:37 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15273002. Event ids that are associated: pr15273002.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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