A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 02:24:27 / December 5, 2017 @ 2:24 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 146 km (91 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.3513 West, latitude 18.2241 North, depth = 146 km. The 3.33-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:24:27 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2017339000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017339000.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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