A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/16 / 2016-08-18 17:21:28 / August 18, 2016 @ 5:21 pm. Unique identifier: pr16231012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16231012. The temblor was picked up at 12:21:28 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude -68.2806° West, latitude 18.009° North, depth = 39 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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