A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.591° West, latitude 18.165° North, depth = 119 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:11 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 119 km (74 miles). Global time and date of event 11/08/16 / 2016-08-11 00:53:11 / August 11, 2016 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16224000. Unique identifier: pr16224000.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
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 six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply