A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:04:37 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/16 / 2016-07-21 14:04:37 / July 21, 2016 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr16203002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16203002. Exact location, longitude -68.4345° West, latitude 17.9256° North, depth = 89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Romana, Punta Cana, San Rafael del Yuma (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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