A minor earthquake magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4416 West, latitude 18.25 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was detected at 06:32:45 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024206001. Id of event: pr2024206001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 06:32:45 / July 24, 2024 @ 6:32 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate, La Romana (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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