A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Global time and date of event 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 21:18:04 / December 14, 2018 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). The 3.35-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:18:04 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018348009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018348009. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4996 West, latitude 17.818 North, depth = 81 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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