A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. Exact location, longitude -68.5935° West, latitude 18.1943° North, depth = 54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 02:11:03 / April 30, 2018 @ 2:11 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:11:03 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018120003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018120003.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaymate, Otra Banda, Salvaleón de Higüey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Guaymate (c. 6 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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