A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 141 km (88 miles). The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:23:06 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018035004. Id of event: pr2018035004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7521 West, latitude 18.2595 North, depth = 141 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 12:23:06 / February 4, 2018 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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