A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4616 West, latitude 18.1365 North, depth = 81 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018365004. Unique identifier: pr2018365004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:47:53 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 01:47:53 / December 31, 2018 @ 1:47 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 30 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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