A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018044003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018044003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 21:13:12 / February 13, 2018 @ 9:13 pm. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:13:12 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.1898° West, latitude 17.9501° North, depth = 128 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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