A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:47:25 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018156008. Unique identifier: pr2018156008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). Exact location of event, depth 95 km, -68.5666° West, 18.1413° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/18 / 2018-06-05 14:47:25 / June 5, 2018 @ 2:47 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 26 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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