A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 20:38:22 / March 30, 2018 @ 8:38 pm. Event id: pr2018089008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018089008. The temblor was picked up at 16:38:22 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7958 West, latitude 18.0653 North, depth = 147 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Pedro de Macorís, Otra Banda. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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