A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:03:21 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16185000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16185000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6474 West, latitude 17.8595 North, depth = 47 km. Global time and date of event 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 00:03:21 / July 3, 2016 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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