A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3913 West, latitude 17.9166 North, depth = 79 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 16:41:45 / June 18, 2018 @ 4:41 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018169014. Id of event: pr2018169014. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:41:45 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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