A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr16300006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16300006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:57:49 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 09:57:49 / October 26, 2016 @ 9:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -68.4671° West, 18.0746° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, La Romana. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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