A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/18 / 2018-10-05 16:38:29 / October 5, 2018 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 136 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.666° West, 18.2311° North, depth 136 km. Unique identifier: pr2018278006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018278006. The temblor was detected at 12:38:29 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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