A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024152001. Unique identifier: pr2024152001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.349 West, latitude 18.0925 North, depth = 65 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:12:20 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 08:12:20 / May 31, 2024 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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