A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:52:53 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 06:52:53 / December 29, 2018 @ 6:52 am. Exact location, longitude -68.3368° West, latitude 17.8108° North, depth = 111 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018363003. Id of event: pr2018363003. The epicenter was at a depth of 111 km (69 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 69 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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