A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:59:30 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018311000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018311000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). Global time and date of event 07/11/18 / 2018-11-07 08:59:30 / November 7, 2018 @ 8:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.4425° West, latitude 18.0015° North, depth = 76 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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