A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6474 West, latitude 17.8311 North, depth = 82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:38:28 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 21:38:28 / July 7, 2016 @ 9:38 pm. Event id: pr16189003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16189003.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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