A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Event id: pr2018352003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018352003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.714 West, latitude 17.8638 North, depth = 93 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:56:08 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 00:56:08 / December 18, 2018 @ 12:56 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma. Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 58 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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