A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Id of earthquake: pr15355003. Event ids that are associated: pr15355003. The temblor was picked up at 04:15:11 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7945 West, latitude 17.857 North, depth = 104 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 09:15:11 / December 21, 2015 @ 9:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104 km (65 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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