A minor earthquake magnitude 3.51 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location of earthquake, -68.0408° West, 17.9883° North, depth 32 km. Event id: pr2024149001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024149001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:14:13 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 10:14:13 / May 28, 2024 @ 10:14 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 74 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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