A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 16.16 km, -68.099666666667° West, 18.0415° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71452993. Id of event: pr71452993. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 10:08:14 / June 17, 2024 @ 10:08 am. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:08:14 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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