A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6539 West, latitude 18.0042 North, depth = 159 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:58:26 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 159 km (99 miles). Unique identifier: pr17027001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr17027001. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 05:58:26 / January 27, 2017 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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