A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:58 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 03:43:58 / December 4, 2018 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.3045° West, latitude 18.016° North, depth = 67 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018338000. Id of event: pr2018338000.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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