A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 19:10:02 / December 17, 2016 @ 7:10 pm. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -68.511° West, 17.8225° North. Event id: pr16352007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16352007. The temblor was reported at 14:10:02 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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