A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 22:13:51 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 03:13:51 / January 11, 2018 @ 3:13 am. Event id: pr2018011006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018011006. Exact location of event, depth 64 km, -68.6888° West, 17.957° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Guaymate, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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