A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, depth 66 km, -68.3161° West, 18.132° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16300004. Id of event: pr16300004. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:53:51 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 11:53:51 / October 26, 2016 @ 11:53 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 41 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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