A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 10:00:04 / July 16, 2016 @ 10:00 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:00:04 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr16198003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16198003. The epicenter was at a depth of 150 km (93 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.3604° West, latitude 18.0464° North, depth = 150 km.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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