A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/17 / 2017-01-26 09:41:11 / January 26, 2017 @ 9:41 am. Id of earthquake: pr17026004. Event ids that are associated: pr17026004. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 100 km, -68.569° West, 18.0069° North. The temblor was detected at 04:41:11 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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