A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 78 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic (48 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018203001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018203001. The temblor was reported at 23:16:39 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 04:16:39 / July 22, 2018 @ 4:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6413 West, latitude 17.6665 North, depth = 108 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 78 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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