A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 16:56:51 / May 3, 2016 @ 4:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6128 West, latitude 18.1578 North, depth = 80 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:56:51 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16124005. Unique identifier: pr16124005.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz de El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, Guaymate. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 24 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic.
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