A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:50:01 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4395 West, latitude 17.9414 North, depth = 97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr15363008. Event ids that are associated: pr15363008. Global time and date of event 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 15:50:01 / December 29, 2015 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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