A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:54:33 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018174011. Unique identifier: pr2018174011. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 124 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.476° West, latitude 18.1328° North, depth = 124 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 22:54:33 / June 23, 2018 @ 10:54 pm.
Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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