A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018290054. Id of event: pr2018290054. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 21:57:33 / October 17, 2018 @ 9:57 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.5085° West, latitude 17.968° North, depth = 24 km. The temblor was detected at 16:57:33 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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