A minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.5968 West, latitude 18.0881 North, depth = 57 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 15:15:00 / June 12, 2020 @ 3:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 km (35 miles). The 3.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:15:00 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aapr, pr2020164013. Id of event: pr2020164013.
Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate, Otra Banda.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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