A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.0274° West, latitude 17.7987° North, depth = 12.259 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 05:16:09 / August 26, 2024 @ 5:16 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:09 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt24239001, us7000n9fp. Unique identifier: us7000n9fp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.259 km (8 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 88 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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