A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2018136001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018136001. Global time and date of event 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 00:57:31 / May 16, 2018 @ 12:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.2971° West, 18.0715° North, depth 110 km. The temblor was detected at 19:57:31 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 47 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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