A minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2024154000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024154000. Exact location, longitude -68.7205° West, latitude 17.7671° North, depth = 73 km. The temblor was detected at 19:39:55 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 19:39:55 / June 2, 2024 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Romana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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