A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 65 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.578 West, latitude 17.9638 North, depth = 65 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:35:00 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr16182026. Event ids that are associated: pr16182026. Global time and date of event 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 23:35:00 / June 30, 2016 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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