A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 03:37:34 / July 3, 2018 @ 3:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018184001. Unique identifier: pr2018184001. Exact location of event, depth 139 km, -68.7831° West, 18.1856° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 139 km (86 miles). The 3.25-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:37:34 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hato Mayor del Rey, Quisqueya, Santa Cruz de El Seibo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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