A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 05:20:08 / March 13, 2016 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.297 West, latitude 18.0774 North, depth = 89 km. Event id: pr16073000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16073000. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:20:08 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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