A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 00:54:35 / July 10, 2018 @ 12:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, -68.4265° West, 18.1515° North, depth 116 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:54:35 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018191000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018191000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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