A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:35:08 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.5801° West, 18.2495° North, depth 131 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 13:35:08 / September 5, 2018 @ 1:35 pm. Unique identifier: pr2018248003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018248003.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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