A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 04:09:01 / January 23, 2017 @ 4:09 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr17023000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17023000. Exact location, longitude -68.5075° West, latitude 18.0939° North, depth = 140 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:09:01 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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