A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7318° West, 17.8036° North, depth 138 km. Global time and date of event 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 07:14:05 / July 29, 2018 @ 7:14 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018210005. Id of event: pr2018210005. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138 km (86 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:14:05 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
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 thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 64 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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