A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 136 km, -68.6415° West, 18.0421° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 19:23:04 / November 19, 2015 @ 7:23 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15323006, us10003zmj. Unique identifier: pr15323006. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:23:04 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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