A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 169 km, -68.7478° West, 18.0956° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 02:22:13 / June 17, 2016 @ 2:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:22:13 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16169003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16169003. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 169 km (105 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Quisqueya (c. 17 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 34 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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