A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 12:31:10 / August 23, 2016 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16236009. Unique identifier: pr16236009. Exact location of event, depth 98 km, -68.6248° West, 17.9076° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:31:10 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, Punta Cana, La Romana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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