A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:19:58 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 23:19:58 / July 23, 2018 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5728° West, 17.86° North, depth 89 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018204012. Unique identifier: pr2018204012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 57 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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