A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15360009. Unique identifier: pr15360009. Exact location, longitude -68.205° West, latitude 17.9165° North, depth = 86 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:33:08 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 20:33:08 / December 26, 2015 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 thirty-five 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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