A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:04:20 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr16073005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16073005. Global time and date of event 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 21:04:20 / March 13, 2016 @ 9:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.596° West, latitude 17.6319° North, depth = 100 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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