A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018002004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018002004. The temblor was reported at 09:48:13 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 13:48:13 / January 2, 2018 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4148 West, latitude 18.3416 North, depth = 110 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km E of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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