A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5523° West, 18.2593° North, depth 85 km. Event id: pr2018183001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018183001. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 03:13:22 / July 2, 2018 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The 3.53-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:13:22 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 14 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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