A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was detected at 22:59:34 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.6121° West, latitude 17.876° North, depth = 60 km. Global time and date of event 13/11/18 / 2018-11-13 03:59:34 / November 13, 2018 @ 3:59 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2018317000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018317000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel the quake?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 55 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply