A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Unique identifier: pr2018189005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018189005. Exact location of event, depth 60 km, -68.1123° West, 17.9846° North. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:28 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 09:26:28 / July 8, 2018 @ 9:26 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 68 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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