A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5295° West, 18.0359° North, depth 81 km. The temblor was detected at 05:54:27 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16232003. Unique identifier: pr16232003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/16 / 2016-08-19 09:54:27 / August 19, 2016 @ 9:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 81 km (50 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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