A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 06:53:15 / May 13, 2024 @ 6:53 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71448508. Id of event: pr71448508. Exact location, longitude -68.323333333333° West, latitude 18.033666666667° North, depth = 97.49 km. The temblor was detected at 06:53:15 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.49 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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