A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018045005. Unique identifier: pr2018045005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:24:39 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.4255° West, latitude 18.0746° North, depth = 79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 08:24:39 / February 14, 2018 @ 8:24 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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