A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Event id: pr2024131000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024131000, us6000mxmf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 00:36:34 / May 10, 2024 @ 12:36 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 170 km (106 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:36:34 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.254 West, latitude 18.2145 North, depth = 170 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Salvaleón de Higüey. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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