A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 04:53:21 / July 15, 2016 @ 4:53 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3663 West, latitude 17.9095 North, depth = 102 km. Unique identifier: pr16197002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16197002. The temblor was detected at 23:53:21 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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