A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma in Dominican Republic. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024149002. Unique identifier: pr2024149002. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:26:37 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.804° West, 18.4408° North, depth 84 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 23:26:37 / May 28, 2024 @ 11:26 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Boca Chica (c. 46 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Boca Chica, Los Llanos (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 13 km W of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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