A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 07:06:49 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 65 km, -68.5132° West, 18.0597° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16217001. Id of event: pr16217001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 11:06:49 / August 4, 2016 @ 11:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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