A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 06:50:30 / December 2, 2018 @ 6:50 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4256 West, latitude 18.0201 North, depth = 4 km. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:50:30 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018336004. Unique identifier: pr2018336004.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otra Banda, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 53 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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