A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018350052. Id of event: pr2018350052. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 22:43:28 / December 16, 2018 @ 10:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 70 km, -68.7° West, 18.1933° North. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:28 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
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 thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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