A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 01:30:42 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018058000. Id of event: pr2018058000. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 05:30:42 / February 27, 2018 @ 5:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126 km (78 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6408 West, latitude 18.2826 North, depth = 126 km.
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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