A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 21:56:06 / May 23, 2018 @ 9:56 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018143009. Unique identifier: pr2018143009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135 km (84 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.2713 West, latitude 18.1361 North, depth = 135 km. The temblor was detected at 16:56:06 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 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. 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 twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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