A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 06:57:10 / December 31, 2024 @ 6:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3616 West, latitude 18.1425 North, depth = 83 km. Id of earthquake: pr2024366000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024366000. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:57:10 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaymate, La Romana, Otra Banda. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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