A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017346001. Id of event: pr2017346001. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 02:18:10 / December 12, 2017 @ 2:18 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6283 West, latitude 18.3175 North, depth = 92 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:18:10 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro de Macorís, Santa Cruz de El Seibo, Guaymate (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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