A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Thursday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:38:39 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 114 km, -68.6721° West, 17.7933° North. Id of earthquake: pr2018207010. Event ids that are associated: pr2018207010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114 km (71 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 13:38:39 / July 26, 2018 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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