A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 03:17:41 / June 13, 2018 @ 3:17 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018164004. Id of event: pr2018164004. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:17:41 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -68.4343° West, 18.0713° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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