A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 21:39:01 / December 14, 2016 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80 km (50 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:39:01 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5747 West, latitude 18.4381 North, depth = 80 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16349003. Unique identifier: pr16349003.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hato Mayor del Rey, Miches, San Pedro de Macorís.
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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NNE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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