A minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 07:23:13 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 07:23:13 / September 1, 2024 @ 7:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.037° West, 17.9836° North, depth 61 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024245000. Unique identifier: pr2024245000.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Rafael del Yuma, Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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